Who said what from the Opposition on Jaitley's Budget 2016

Soon after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the budget for the fiscal year 2016-17, reactions started pouring in from all corners of the opposition. Here’s what they had to say:

Rahul Gandhi, Vice President, Congress: “Budget 2016 lacks both vision & conviction. A list of new promises w/o any account of the failure of tall promises made in last 2 budgets.”

However, he thanked Jaitley for “accepting my recommendation on removing import duty on Braille paper to help the visually impaired!”

P Chidambaram, former Finance Minister and Congress leader: One big takeaway from the budget is that there is no new idea. "Pro-poor" and all are catch-all phrases, I want to know who is happy? Tax payers? Market? The middle class? I dont think so. I don't think the government is yet, come to grips, with the problems of key sectors: steel, coal, oil and gas, cement."

Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister: “Nothing for middle class in this budget. Modi govt cheated middle class which votes for them.”

"BJP vowed to bring back black money through enforcement, not through amnesty schemes. This is what Chidambaram also did. What is the difference?"

Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu Chief Minster: "This Budget lacks flavour as it does not have any specific announcements of schemes which would have enthused different segments including the states. It also does not speak of the status of implementation of many schemes announced last year and the year before."

Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister: "There is nothing in the budget for farmers or any other section of society. People got only disappointment from the budget of the BJP government. Mocking Modi, who had yesterday said he had an exam today with reference to the budget, Kumar said, "The result is out and he failed to pass."

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah: "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had created huge expectations among people. The PM had expressed his special concern for farmers in his recent Mann Ki Baat, but that is not reflecting in the budget, On the whole, this budget is disappointing. It is very average and not farmer friendly. These are only my initial reactions. I'm yet to go through it in detail."

Omar Abdullah, President, J&K National Conference: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has"cleverly" made opposition parties' job difficult by not making Corporate sector the focus of the Union budget.

Sitaram Yechury, CPI leader: As with the previous two budgets, this budget of the Modi govt is again full of hollow promises and slogans. The budget will not kick start the economy. It is appealing to international capital more than meeting the requirement of the people. Living standard of the people is bound to fall further."

Lalu Prasad Yadav, RJD Chief: "He (the PM) emerged as a "bhusgol vidyarthi" (dull student) in the examination," the RJD chief said. Prasad also attacked the BJP government over the one time four-month compliance window for domestic black money holders to come clean by paying tax and penalty of 45 per cent.

Shashi Tharoor, Congress leader: "The government has painted a very broad and general picture and it has to be seen how everything works out in practice."

D Raja, CPI Leader: "Outside budget they promised a lot to corporate sector. Not evident now. Nothing spectacular in budget."

M Karunanidhi, DMK President: "The budget presented by the Modi-led government has no new tax concessions. While there were big expectations on increasing the income-tax slab, no such thing has been announced. This has led to big disappointment among the tax paying middle classes and salaried persons."