Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy Saturday termed the union budget 2019-20 as "poll-oriented" and a "gimmick".
Talking to reporters here, he said, "an interim budget has been presented by an interim Finance Minister (Piyush Goyal) and all the sops announced in the budget are poll oriented and a gimmick."
Wondering how the Centre would find sources to meet its commitments made in the budget presented in the Parliament Friday, Narayanasamy said, "The Finance Minister has not clarified as to where the resources would be available for the government."
Flaying Lt Governor Kiran Bedi over her visits to government offices and departments on the pretext of inspection, he said, "Such an act on part of the Lt Governor is only bringing down the image of the government and the Union Territory."
"Bedi takes along with her a team of cameramen and videographers during her visits to offices which is reminiscent of a film shooting."
Charging Bedi with functioning in her own style, he said,
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