NE BUSINESS BUREAU
NEW DELHI, FEB 1
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday alleged that the Modi government is on a “destructive path” as it talks of protecting the environment on the one hand but is promoting ecologically disastrous river-linking projects on the other.
On the one hand, the Budget talks of climate action and protecting the environment. On the other, it pushes ecologically disastrous river-linking projects. Rhetoric sounds nice. But actions matter more. On that front, the Modi govt is on a destructive path.
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) February 1, 2022
His remarks came soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2022-23 in Parliament, giving a push to infrastructure projects.
“On the one hand, the Budget talks of climate action and protecting the environment. On the other, it pushes ecologically disastrous river-linking projects. Rhetoric sounds nice. But actions matter more. On that front, the Modi government is on a destructive path,” he said on Twitter.
Ramesh served as Environment Minister during the UPA government and is currently the chief whip of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha.