Budget 2012: Brickbats dominate Twitter

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s pop-culture references did little to placate those peeved with the hike in service tax, excise duty and more on Twitter.
Comments on the Union Budget speech dominated the micro-blogging site on Friday. Nine out of 10 trending topics at any given time were budget-related. Even on Google India search trends “budget 2012” and Pranab Mukherjee were among the most searched terms.
Here are some of the reactions that poured in on Twitter:
@karan_speaks: The fact that Pranab took Ra.One's name during the budget is reason enough to call it FLOP!!
@mojorojo: They upped the duty on bicycles. So if Mayawati had won, they would have increased the duty on elephants?
@JayHind: Beedi and cigarettes to cost more. Basically even dying is getting expensive.
@cliffordsouza: Even if half of Ra.One's marketing budget was utilised in the development of the country, Budget2012 would have been cheaper by 50%.
@doctoratlarge: Right now the UPA govt is so desperate, that they may well present Arindam Chaudhari's budget today
@rameshsrivats: What's a White Paper on Black Money? A clean chit?
@Purba_Ray: He who understands Pranab Mukherjee's English, deserves a tax rebate.
@ajit_ranade: White paper on black money. Details are grey. With age they may yellow. Opposition sees red. Taxpayers green with envy.
@kishor_narayan: Don't want Sachin to score his 100th 100 today. Media will divert from discussing bad budget and it's ramifications!
@RohiniJoshi2: No dining out, No mobile Recharge, No Branded Garments, Less PF amount, Increased Income tax. WOW Life will be so easy!!
Pritish Nandy: The Budget shows that UPA2 has truly lost connect with the people. What an opportunity missed!
Arvind Kejriwal: How can u keep taxing people without checking leakages? Checking corruption and effective use of funds shud have been FM’s thrust.
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