New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- The Congress on Wednesday slammed the Narendra Modi-led central government over the interim budget while raising multiple issues such as increasing unemployment, debt and poverty .

Initiating the debate on the Interim Budget 2024-25 in Lok Sabha, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said the government was about "all talk and no action" and alleged that the government has "no data available" to reveal the "real situation of poverty and consumption in the country".

Commenting on finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's remarks describing GDP as governance, development and performance, Tharoor said that under the current dispensation 'G' "stands for governmental intrusion and tax terrorism, 'D' for demographic betrayal ...