On Tuesday (February 10, 2026), the second day of the debate on the Union Budget, Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha raised the issue of rising prices and said the Union Government had failed to address it. In response, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members said that, unlike in the United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) tenure, inflation was curbed by the Narendra Modi Government, and Parliament does not discuss it anymore.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi N.V.N. Somu compared the price of gold, petrol, diesel, cooking gas, and the rupee’s value against the dollar in 2014 and 2026. The prices of essential commodities had skyrocketed in the past few years, and several products were beyond the reach of the common people, Ms. Somu said.
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“This government failed to create demand despite the Economic Survey’s focus on domestic consumption,” she said, adding that the Centre had betrayed the people by pushing anti-labour policies and ignoring the demand from farmers for a legal minimum support price. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had turned a blind eye towards Tamil Nadu, Ms. Somu said.
