Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the country’s budget for the financial year 2026-27 in Parliament. The first reaction on this has come from the Uddhav faction of Shiv Sena. Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi took a dig at Nirmala Sitharaman, saying that she wore a saree from Tamil Nadu for the budget, but she remained silent on the American tariff, where the people were most affected by it.
The UBT MP said, ‘As per the promise made by the Prime Minister, major reforms were expected in the budget, but the budget was disappointing. Keeping in mind the global turmoil, this budget, which was brought with the aim of clarifying India’s perspective, deviated from its goal.
Had hopes of a reformatory budget as promised by Hon. PM, however the budget has been disappointing. It was to lay down India’s vision considering the global turbulence but clearly missed the bus
– Ma’m as predicted was wearing a handloom saree from Tamil Nadu (keeping election…
— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) February 1, 2026
He wrote, ‘As expected, the Finance Minister wore a handloom saree from Tamil Nadu (in keeping with the election state), but remained silent on the huge impact of US tariffs on Tirupur and other areas that have suffered due to India being the country with the highest tariffs in the world.’
Importers facing huge losses due to weak rupee: Priyanka
Priyanka Chaturvedi also raised the issue of weakening rupee. He wrote in a post on X, ‘Indian importers are suffering huge losses due to the weakening rupee and no steps have been taken to ease their problems. Issues like unemployment, employment generation and underemployment have not been addressed.
Farmers ignored in the budget: Priyanka Chaturvedi
The UBT MP wrote that no attention has been paid to inflation and stable income. Nothing has been done for startups, technological innovation and research. Farmers have been ignored – there has been no talk on issues like agricultural technology, food supply chain, storage, easy credit, climate change adaptation. Efforts to boost the stagnant manufacturing sector through reforms are clearly missing.
In the end he took a jibe at the central government and wrote – Clap your hands.
