{"id":11619,"date":"2026-02-06T19:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=11619"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:49:29","slug":"jk-opposition-tears-into-hopeless-bureaucratic-anti-people-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/jk-opposition-tears-into-hopeless-bureaucratic-anti-people-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"J&K opposition tears into \u2018hopeless, bureaucratic, anti-people\u2019 Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

LoP terms it \u2018NC-centric\u2019, Lone says \u2018drafted by bureaucrats\u2019, Parra dismisses it as \u2018vague\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jammu, Feb 06: Leaders across the opposition spectrum on Friday slammed the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Budget, calling it \u201chopeless, bureaucratic and anti-people\u201d, while alleging that it ignores unemployment, daily wagers and the poor.<\/p>\n

Leader of Opposition (LoP) and senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma described the budget as \u201cNational Conference-centric\u201d and \u201canti-people\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a budget for NC MLAs. There is nothing in it for the common people of Jammu and Kashmir,\u201d Sharma said, as reported by the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO). He alleged that funds allocated by the Centre were diverted to NC-held constituencies.<\/p>\n

He accused the government of betraying daily wagers by failing to announce a clear, time-bound regularisation policy and ignoring unemployment. \u201cNearly 24,000 jobs have been outsourced with no written exam or transparent process. This budget is deceptive and disappointing,\u201d he said, adding that earlier promises of free electricity and LPG cylinders remain unfulfilled.<\/p>\n

People\u2019s Conference (PC) chief and Handwara MLA Sajad Lone criticised the government, saying the budget was \u201cdrafted by bureaucrats\u201d and lacked political direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe budget is as good or as bad as it was last time. It\u2019s a budget by bureaucrats, and there is no political input in it,\u201d Lone said, adding that it reflects \u201crepeated gratitude to the Centre\u201d but \u201cno independent policy framework\u201d.<\/p>\n

He questioned the government\u2019s claims of financial limitations, saying, \u201cAre there any restrictions in the budget? There are none,\u201d Lone said, accusing the administration of diluting the earlier promise of 12 free LPG cylinders to poor families.<\/p>\n

PDP leader and MLA Pulwama Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra termed the budget \u201chopeless and vague\u201d, saying it offers \u201cno healing or hope\u201d to the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing for the youth, even though 60\u201365 per cent of our population is young,\u201d Parra said, adding that local youth were ignored as \u201c24,000 posts have been outsourced\u201d while \u201csix lakh outside labourers\u201d work in J&K.<\/p>\n

He said promises made in the previous budget, including free gas cylinders, remain unfulfilled. \u201cA budget reflects intent, and that intent is missing,\u201d he said.PDP MLA from Budgam Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi also expressed disappointment, saying the budget \u201cfailed to relieve the poor\u201d and urged the government to honour previous commitments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are disappointed that the budget failed to bring real relief to J&K\u2019s poor. Promises made on the National Law University (NLU) must also be fulfilled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Adding to the criticism, BJP MLA Shagun Parihar said the budget “once again deceived” the people. \u201cThis year too, the budget is a deception and a fraud. This time, too, we did not get solutions for the people. Daily wagers and the Awaam have all been ignored,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

BJP MLA Vikram Randhawa likened the budget to \u201cold wine in a new bottle\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cOld wine in a new bottle, and the bottle very beautifully designed, but those who hold it in their hands slip away,\u201d he remarked while speaking in the House.<\/p>\n

Randhawa questioned the government over its unfulfilled promise of free LPG cylinders. \u201cWhen people didn\u2019t get 12 cylinders in one-and-a-half years, who will give six? Not a single word was said about daily wagers, not even a single letter,\u201d he said, terming the budget \u201cempty on substance.\u201d<\/p>\n

BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma said the government\u2019s schemes were \u201cgood on paper\u201d but lacked clarity and time-bound delivery.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment schemes are good, but people lack clarity. The budget appears premature; benefits must be transparent and time-bound,\u201d he said, adding that governance should focus on inclusivity rather than labels. \u201cI don\u2019t label Kashmiris anti-national,\u201d he said. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LoP terms it \u2018NC-centric\u2019, Lone says \u2018drafted by bureaucrats\u2019, Parra dismisses it as \u2018vague\u2019 Jammu, Feb 06: Leaders across the opposition spectrum on Friday slammed the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Budget, calling it \u201chopeless, bureaucratic and anti-people\u201d, while alleging that it ignores unemployment, daily wagers and the poor. Leader of Opposition (LoP) and senior […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11621,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11619\/revisions\/11621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}