Rahul Gandhi Slams Union Budget 2026: 'Blind To India's Real Crises'

• Rahul Gandhi criticized the Union Budget 2026-27, stating it ignores India's real crises like unemployment, falling manufacturing, and farmer distress.
• He highlighted issues such as youth unemployment, declining manufacturing, investor capital withdrawal, plummeting household savings, and global shocks.
• Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge echoed Gandhi's views, stating the budget lacks solutions for inflation, trade uncertainty, and the falling rupee.
• Kharge also pointed out the budget's failure to address declining domestic savings, increasing personal debt, and the widespread unemployment crisis.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget focused on manufacturing, infrastructure, job creation, and proposed a simpler tax system, increasing capex to Rs 12.2 lakh crore for FY27.

Why It Matters: Rahul Gandhi and Congress leaders criticized Union Budget 2026 for ignoring key economic and social challenges.