New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Congress MP KC Venugopal criticised Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's reply to the budget discussion in the Lok Sabha, accusing her of deflecting from critical issues.

In his X post, he said Sitharaman's reply was more about political point-scoring than addressing the concerns raised by the opposition.

"The Finance Minister's reply to the budget discussion in the Lok Sabha was a masterclass on how to shift blame, deflect, and distract from the reality. Her arrogant dismissal of the pressing issues raised by the opposition shows that her real intentions were never to respond to the gaps highlighted in the budget, but to score political points," Venugopal posted on X.

He said that Sitharaman's decision to cherry...