Participating in a debate on the budget, Mr P. Chidambaram said, " This is a budget for the rich, of the rich and by the rich.... There is nothing for the poor people of India, who continue to suffer.... This is a budget for those one per cent people who control 73% of India's wealth." 

He further said, "Every economist in the world has said we have to stimulate demand and the best way to stimulate demand is to put money in the hands of people. This government has failed on that account. I repeat the charge. You are still not learning the lessons of the last 36 months. I am afraid that as a result of your not learning the lessons, another 12 months will be lost and the poor will suffer and suffer greatly," the former Finance Minister said in the Upper House of Parliament.    

 [ Source- PTI dated 11-02-2021]