Chandigarh, Feb. 1 -- Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday said the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was expectedly "quite disappointing".

He said the average person does not understand the budget well, and what matters to him is the rising prices of essential commodities and declining incomes. Unfortunately, the budget has failed to address these basic things, he added.

Reacting to the budget, Warring said, the Finance Minister did not mention Punjab even once in her speech. He pointed out that the budget was presented on the same day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Punjab to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas, the press note stated.

"While the Prime Minist...