Lucknow, Feb. 2 -- Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Thursday said the interim Budget presented by the National Democratic Alliance government was a "gimmick" and "far away from ground reality".
"The Budget presented today in Parliament by the Central government, before the Lok Sabha elections, is more of an election gimmick than the ground reality. Thus, it is very sad and worrying to deny the life of the people of the country suffering from immense poverty, unemployment and rising inflation etc," Mayawati tweeted while reacting to the interim Budget presented by the Union government on Thursday.
"Along with this, if there was truth in the government claims and promises related to the country's economy and development, then more than...