Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that despite paying income tax of over Rs 1.75 lakh crore last year, the city was allocated only Rs 325 crore in the Union Budget 2023-24. Accusing the Center of giving stepmotherly treatment to the national capital, he said the budget did not provide any respite from the twin problems of inflation and unemployment.
In a series of tweets, Kejriwal said, once again step-motherly treatment to the people of Delhi. The people of Delhi paid income tax of more than 1.75 lakh crore last year. Out of that, only Rs 325 crore was given for the development of Delhi. This is gross injustice to the people of Delhi.
There is no relief from inflation in this budget, he said. On the contrary, inflation will increase with this budget. There is no concrete plan to remove unemployment. It is unfortunate to reduce the education budget from 2.64 percent to 2.5 percent. Reducing the health budget from 2.2 percent to 1.98 percent is harmful.
