Former Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on February 1 said that he was astonished and shocked that the Finance Minister was outlining a plan for the next 25 years. Addressing a Press Conference Chidambaram said, “Today’s budget speech was the most capitalist speech to be ever read by an FM. The word 'poor' occurs only twice in para 6 and we thank FM for remembering that there are poor people in this country; people will reject this capitalist budget.” “I was astonished, shocked that the Finance Minister was outlining a plan for the next 25 years. Govt seems to believe that the present does not need any attention and the public can be asked to wait patiently until 'Amrit Kaal' dawns. This is mocking the people of India,” he added.
