New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Friday alleged that the NDA government has mastered the art of taking from the poor and giving to the wealthy elite, with the pattern resembling the "reverse of Robin Hood." Participating in a discussion on the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Friday, Banerjee said the government does not believe in economic justice but in economic favouritism.

"There is a pattern with the NDA government. It resembles the reverse of Robin Hood. It means that the BJP has mastered the art of taking from the poor and giving it to the wealthy elite. For instance, the waiving of corporate loans while poor farmers are left to suffer." "The government claims to have no money to increase subsidies on essential commodities, yet it slashes corporate tax rates, giving billionaires a bigger slice of the pie. This is not economic justice. This is economic favouritism at its worst," Banerjee said. PTI GJS GJS ARD ARD

Economic favouritism alleged in Budget debate: policies said to favor wealthy interests over subsidies for the poor. Allegation of economic favouritism: MP Abhishek Banerjee asserted in a Lok Sabha Budget discussion that government fiscal measures-waiving corporate loans and cutting corporate tax rates-favor wealthy interests while refusing to increase subsidies on essential commodities for poorer populations, framing this pattern as the reverse of Robin Hood and a challenge to distributive priorities in the Budget.