Budget 2025, Feb. 1 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday commented on the new income tax proposal announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during Budget 2025 speech. FM Sitharaman announced the abolition of income tax until Rs.12 lakh under the new tax regime.

However the Thiruvananthapuram MP was also quick to flag unemployment in India and said, "But the important question is what happens if we don't have a salary? Where is the income going to come from? For you to benefit from income tax relief, you actually need jobs."

"Unemployment was not mentioned by the Finance Minister," Congress MP said adding, "If you have a salary you may be paying less tax".

"I think frankly the applause you heard from the BJP benches was for ...