The CPIM, Tripura’s main opposition party, unleashed a scathing critique of the State Budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, accusing it of being a ‘hollow’ and ‘directionless’ document devoid of vision and failing to uplift the state’s economically disadvantaged communities.
Tripura’s Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy tabled the State Budget for the 2025-26 FY on Friday .Sharply reacting to the Budget proposals, the opposition claiming it falls woefully short of addressing the pressing needs of the populace.
State Budget ‘Hollow’ & ‘Directionless’
Taking a dig at the budgetary allocation, Jitendra Choudhury, the Leader of Opposition and Secretary of the CPIM Tripura State Committee, branded the financial plan as both ‘directionless’ and ‘anti-people.’
Speaking to the media after the budget presentation, Choudhury tore into the proposals, asserting that Finance Minister Roy’s budget favoured only ‘a few people who are looting’ the public money. The LoP also alleged, Roy had tabled a big budget in terms of money, but like previous seven years of BJP’s tenure, this year’s also will not be able to create assets.
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Choudhury didn’t hold back in his assessment, charging that the budget completely sidestepped the most urgent challenges facing Tripura’s citizens. He argued that the proposals offered scant relief or optimism for a population already buckling under economic strain, particularly in the wake of rising inflation and unemployment woes plaguing the state.
State Budget Disconnected from People’s Struggles
Choudhury was unrelenting in his condemnation, painting the budget as a stark betrayal of Tripura’s most vulnerable residents. “This financial blueprint is an empty shell, offering nothing substantial to those who wake up each day wrestling with survival,” he declared passionately.
He singled out the rural poor and tribal communities in the state’s rugged hilly regions, lamenting that their plight had been utterly ignored by the government’s fiscal strategy. He alleged indigenous people and rural people are battling hard with stark poverty and unemployment.
The opposition leader went further, leveling accusations of favoritism against the ruling administration. He alleged the budget’s fund allocations were suspiciously tailored to serve the interests of a select group that is ‘plundering’ the funds while turning a bling eye to the masses.
Grand Promises, Empty Substance
Despite the budget’s eye-catching total outlay of big amount of sum (Rs 32,423.44 crore) – a figure that might suggest ambition – Choudhury dismissed it as little more than a flashy facade. “Sure, the numbers look impressive at first glance, and the Finance Minister’s marathon two-hour speech was dripping with polished rhetoric designed to dazzle listeners,” he conceded with a hint of sarcasm.
But Choudhury argued that the budget was a hollow shell. “The real, grinding issues that keep Tripura’s people awake at night have been swept under the rug,” he insisted. According to Choudhury, this is another nothing but another ‘directionless’ budget of the BJP Government.
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Neglect of Key Priorities
Choudhury sharpened his critique by spotlighting the budget’s glaring omission of solutions to critical challenges like job creation and the everyday struggles of ordinary citizens.
He claimed that this budget will not play any effective role in the overall development of the state, infrastructure reforms, job creation, or improving the living standards of backward communities. Alongwith the poverty, these issues were needed to be addressed which were not.
Jitendra Choudhury further said with the unemployment of the youth, the declining income of businessmen, the deterioration of law and order, and the pervasive corruption from panchayats to municipal corporations, this budget will fail to provide any solutions to these problems.
He also took aim at what he described as the government’s consistent track record of failure over the past seven years, particularly in leveraging capital investment to build lasting infrastructure and assets.
