Last Update: February 02, 2023, 14:59 IST
Describing the Union Budget as full of lies, Banerjee said the Center is making tall claims keeping in mind the 2024 general elections (File Photo/PTI)
Targeting the BJP-led Center over the Union Budget, the Trinamool Congress supremo said that after the budget was presented on Wednesday, there was a huge fall in the stock market.
Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee alleged on Thursday that the BJP was using people’s money deposited in the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and nationalized banks to benefit some of its party leaders.
Speaking at a function in Purba Bardhaman district, the Trinamool Congress supremo lashed out at the BJP-led Center over the Union Budget, saying the stock market witnessed a sharp fall on Wednesday after the budget was presented.
Banerjee said, “After the presentation of the Union Budget, there was a huge fall in the stock market… Telephone calls were made to some people and they were asked to deposit several thousand crores.”
Describing the Union Budget as “full of lies”, Banerjee said the Center was making tall claims keeping the 2024 general elections in mind.
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