NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said the budget speech delivered by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was the "lengthiest", but lacked farsightedness and direction. Pawar alleged that the budget lacked vision and clarity on doubling farmers' income by 2022, the target set by the Modi government, and added that the automobile sector,
too, has been "completely ignored".

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar also criticised the budget. He said the state was to get Rs 44,672 crore funds from the central taxes as per the 2019-20 budget estimates, but will now get Rs 36,220 crore following the revised estimates, which is "serious and shocking". "#Budget2020 focuses on Agriculture Warehousing but lacks vision and clarity on Doubling Farmers' income. It is still a distant dream," Sharad Pawar tweeted. "#Budget2020 Automobile sector has been completely ignored and the unemployment issue is not addressed fairly. It was the lengthiest speech but lacked farsightedness and direction," the former Union minister added on the microblogging site.