The budget (Union Budget 2024) has been presented and politics was seen to be intense in the NITI Aayog meeting held after it. First, the Chief Ministers of the opposition parties boycotted it, while West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee participated. But in the middle, he also boycotted it, accusing him of allowing less speech. Now Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reacted to Mamata Banerjee, along with this Nirmala Sitharaman has also given her opinion on the bill for 14 hours work for IT employees in Karnataka.
Karnataka government’s U-turn after protests
First of all, let us tell you that when the Karnataka government proposed a bill to make IT professionals work 14 hours every day, the debate on it has intensified. BJP continuously attacked the Siddaramaiah government of the state on this issue, while the employee unions urged to reconsider it. Due to these protests, the government has taken a U-turn on this bill. However, Minister Lad in Karnataka said that the government is still examining the bill, which will force software professionals to work 14 hours every day.
Finance Minister refused to comment
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has also given her opinion regarding this government bill to increase the working hours of IT employees in Karnataka. On 14 hours working hours for IT employees, he said that if the Siddaramaiah government of Karnataka is giving such a statement, then I do not have any comment on this matter, because they have brought the state to such a situation. . It is worth noting that Karnataka Labor Minister Santosh Lad, after the debate on this issue, had clarified that there is pressure from the IT industry to make a law on those working in the tech sector to make them work more hours.
What did the Finance Minister say about Mamata Banerjee?
The 9th meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Saturday. On the boycott made by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the allegations made by her, who attended the meeting, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that every Chief Minister was given appropriate time to speak in the meeting. It is unfortunate that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that her mic was switched off, which is absolutely false.
‘This is an opportunity for them to speak…’
Finance Minister Sitharaman said that the West Bengal CM came to the meeting, it is good that she attended it and said that she spoke on behalf of all the opposition parties. But it is sad that he boycotted. According to the Finance Minister, Mamata Banerjee always says that her voice is not being heard, but this is a good opportunity for her to speak. When Budget 2024 was said to be a copy of the Congress manifesto, the Finance Minister said that how can we copy a poorly made manifesto.