New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday criticised the Union Budget 2026-27, calling it “blind to India’s real crises” and highlighting challenges facing the nation, including unemployment among youth, declining manufacturing, investor pullback, falling household savings, and farmers’ distress.
“Youth without jobs. Falling manufacturing. Investors pulling out capital. Household savings plummeting. Farmers in distress. Looming global shocks – all ignored,” Gandhi said. “A Budget that refuses course correction, blind to India’s real crises,” he added in a post on X.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Budget, announced that capital expenditure (capex) for FY27 will be raised to Rs 12.2 lakh crore from Rs 11.2 lakh crore allocated for the current fiscal year. She also unveiled a range of measures to boost infrastructure development across the country, including in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.
The Budget comes amid global uncertainties, trade tensions, US tariffs, and a slowdown in exports. This is the third Budget of the BJP-led NDA government in its third term in office.
With PTI inputs