Ambitious, no innovation
The proposed budget is “full of contradictions” and people will reject it as it would not play any effective role in ensuring people's welfare, said BNP in a post-budget reaction last night.
It also said the proposed budget has no innovative aspects and the proposed revenue target is highly ambitious.
“Finance minister read out a beautiful essay and made a weave of dreams uttering some good words. They [government] will not be able to implement the proposed budget for lack of good governance,” BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain said at a press conference held at BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office.
BNP leaders, some pro-BNP economists and businessmen watched live telecast of finance minister's budget speech on multi-media projector at the office.
Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia was present there for a while in the evening but did not make any comments on the proposed budget.
Party leaders Osman Farruk, Moyeen Khan, former FBCCI president Abdul Awal Minto, former BGMEA president Fazlul Haque, economists Prof Khandaker Mustahidur Rahman and Mahabubullah and pro-BNP journalist Shafik Rehman, among others, were present.
Osman Farruk said, “I think they did not give enough importance to the proposed PPP (public private partnership).”
He said export sector might be affected by deterioration of law and order, which could result in the failure to achieve 5.5 percent GDP growth. “During BNP regime, Awami League strongly criticised the opportunity for whitening money but now they have kept the same provision in the budget,” said Farruk.
Terming the proposed budget full of contradictions, former minister Moyeen Khan said the government promised to build digital Bangladesh but they had allocated only Tk 100 crore for information technology sector.
Fazlul Haque, former president of BGMEA said, “There is nothing in the budget to keep the garments sector alive.”
The finance minister had mentioned about PPP but failed to come up with any successful plan, he said.
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