Rajasthan Budget 2026–27 Is Mere Number-Crunching, Lacks Development Roadmap: Udaipur Congress Leaders

Udaipur: The Udaipur Rural and City District Congress units have strongly criticized the Rajasthan Government’s Budget 2026–27, calling it directionless, anti-people, and nothing more than a manipulation of statistics.

Udaipur Rural District Congress President Raghuveer Singh Meena said the budget fails to address unemployment, farmers’ distress, and rising inflation affecting the common man. “This budget offers no jobs to youth, no relief to farmers, and no support to people struggling with price rise. It is full of announcements, but there is no assurance of implementation on the ground. This ‘slip government’ budget is merely a play of numbers with no clear roadmap for development.

He further added that unemployment is at its peak, farmers are burdened with debt, women feel unsafe, and law and order is weak, yet the government appears indifferent to public suffering. Meena pointed out that people expected relief through a reduction in VAT on petrol and diesel, but the government failed to deliver. “The same issue was raised prominently during the Assembly elections, but now the public has understood the false promises and rhetoric. This budget is a direct betrayal of the people of Rajasthan,” he stated.

Udaipur City District Congress President Fateh Singh Rathore said the budget, like previous ones, is merely a bundle of announcements limited to paper. “Every section of society had expectations from this budget, but it has only led to disappointment. In the name of investment promotion, the government has focused on publicity rather than visible ground-level investment. There is no concrete plan to increase agricultural income. Announcements made for youth empowerment lack transparency, and data on the fulfillment of previous promises has not been made public. Overall, this budget is completely directionless and anti-people. 

Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Social Media Department Coordinator Dr. Sanjeev Rajpurohit also criticized the budget, claiming that out of more than 2,718 announcements made in the last three budgets by the current government, only about 750 (approximately 27 percent) have been fulfilled. He alleged that 707 announcements (around 26 percent) have not even been initiated. “This year’s budget is once again full of rhetoric. The biggest irony is that key sectors such as development works, roads, irrigation, health, and education have been completely ignored. This is not a development document for the state, but a ‘curtain of statistics’ meant to hide the failures of the government