New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Taking a dig at the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha on Saturday, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that to benefit from tax exemption, one actually needs an income source.

Speaking to ANI, Shashi Tharoor said that unemployment was not mentioned by the Finance Minister.

"I think, frankly, the applause you heard from the BJP benches was for the middle-class tax cut. We look at the details and that may be a good thing. So if you have a salary, you may be paying less tax. But the important question is, what happens if we don't have a salary?" Tharoor questioned.

"Where is the income going to come from? For you to benefit from income tax relief, you actually need jobs. Unemployme...