Finance Minister AMA Muhith Friday said he has given all his budgets considering election in mind.
“All my budgets are election budgets. I am a member of the party and an important member. In that context my budget will always be election budget. I give only those budgets which will be liked by people,” Muhith said at a press conference on budget 2018-19 in the city Friday afternoon.
In response to a question, he said, “Only fools and traitors say about useless budget. There is nothing call useless budget. I always keep that thing in mind when I formulate budget. I think we can achieve the targets we have fixed.”
Planning Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, ICT Minister Mostafa Jabbar, Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu, State Minister for Finance MA Mannan, NBR Chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister Mashiur Rahman, Deputy Speaker Fagle Rabbi Miah and others.