Chennai, Feb 1 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K Selvaperunthagai on Saturday hit out at the Union Budget as "brazenly partial" and "anti-farmer".

The Budget was hugely disappointing as it was "anti-farmers" since there was nothing on loan waiver for them and no big concessions have been shown for MSMEs, which provided employment to maximum people followed by agriculture sector.

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The Budget was a jackpot for Bihar; one that does not treat all the states on a par and "brazenly partial" and a mere mirage. "The Budget appeared to be only for Bihar and not for the union government. This is against federalism," Selvaperunthagai alleged in a statement.

On the increased exemption limit of Rs 12 lakh for personal income tax, Selvaperunthagai said only about 3 crore people actually paid income tax and the relief, applies only to a small fraction of the 140 crore people.

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The Finance Minister must, therefore, explain the concessions provided to the rest of the people in the country. "The BJP-led government is not for the poor and the ordinary people. The increased exemption is in support of those who get high income. I condemn this strongly on behalf of the Tamil Nadu Congress," he said.

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