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Opposition members successful the Lok Sabha expressed their concerns implicit debased per capita income, increasing inequality, and unemployment portion speaking on the Union Budget. “No system tin turn successful an ambiance of fearfulness and hatred,” Congress MP K.C. Venugopal said, taking portion successful the statement connected the Union Budget.
Mr. Venugopal claimed that arsenic galore arsenic 80 churches had been attacked during the 2025 Christmas season, and referred to a arguable connection by a Chief Minister targeting a number radical successful his State. The sanction of the CM was removed from the grounds of the proceedings.
“No federation tin prosper erstwhile communities are divided. Today (February 11, 2026), hatred is becoming a normalised concern successful the country. State-sponsored panic successful the sanction of what is proudly called arsenic ‘bulldozer raj’ has go a governmental tool,” helium said.
Mr. Venugopal besides flagged the contented of the Indian rupee crossing the ₹91 people against the U.S. dollar, unemployment complaint among municipality younker reaching 18%, and the apical 10% of the colonisation controlling 58% of the country’s resources. The rights-based attack of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), reflected successful laws, including the erstwhile Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Right to Information (RTI) Act, and the Forest Rights Act, are being diluted oregon taken away.
“The Finance Minister volition proudly talk of maturation and development. But down these claims prevarication these harsh realities,” helium said. The Congress subordinate from Kerala’s Alappuzha constituency asked wherefore his State did not yet person an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), contempt having been promised 1 backmost successful 2014.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Anurag Thakur, speaking soon aft the Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, targeted the latter. “The electoral losses person filled him with hatred. He hates parliamentary rules, helium hates the Speaker, helium hates Constitutional institutions, helium hates the Prime Minister, and present helium has started hating India,” Mr. Thakur said.
In the Rajya Sabha, Opposition members flagged concerns implicit increasing income inequality. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Sanjay Yadav noted that portion India is present the world’s fourth-largest economy, it ranks overmuch little connected the per capita income scale.
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP V. Sivadasan sought to antagonistic the government’s claims of India being a high‑growth economy, arguing that wages for ASHA and anganwadi workers had not been revised for a decade. Social payment pensions, helium said, had besides remained unchanged for much than 10 years.
“The authorities likes to archer america we are the world’s fourth‑largest economy. But what it doesn’t archer radical is that successful presumption of per capita GDP, our system ranks 123rd,” Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saket Gokhale, citing authoritative data, said. “The occupation with the BJP is that 1 limb is successful 1947 and the different successful 2047. There is thing successful the present,” Mr. Gokhale, taking a swipe astatine the ruling party.
The Union Budget had go “personality‑oriented” alternatively than policy‑driven, helium alleged, claiming that municipality Indian younker present had little purchasing powerfulness than young radical successful respective conflict‑hit countries.
Congress MP Rajeev Shukla criticised the India-U.S. interim commercialized deal, questioning the government’s portrayal of it arsenic a success. “Now they are saying an 18% tariff is an achievement,” helium said, adding that economists had warned the statement was tilted successful favour of the U.S.
Restrictions connected Russian lipid imports could propulsion up substance prices, Mr. Shukla said. Economic maturation unsocial is insufficient, erstwhile Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda said, stressing that employment indispensable beryllium cardinal to policy-making. Was occurrence being measured by concern announcements oregon by the instauration of dignified jobs, particularly successful smaller towns and agrarian areas, Mr. Gowda said.
