LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday criticised the Union Budget 2026-27 alleging that it was for rich people and big industrialists as it served only 5 per cent of the population.

"This budget is depressing and beyond the understanding of the middle class and the poor . Everything is pre-decided as to who will be benefited. There is nothing in it that talks about the poor people of the country," the SP chief alleged on the premises of Parliament. He also said that no new expressway has been given to Uttar Pradesh.

Yadav, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Kannauj, also claimed that there was no provision in the Union Budget to stop inflation and to improve the health and education sector. "The bullet train, which w...