He has not presented the Budget here as the hon. Finance Minister. He has presented the Budget as the hon. External affairs Minister and as also having the responsibility of being in-charge of the Union Government when the hon. Prime Minister is indisposed. But we also thought that it is an opportunity for him. It is an opportunity for him to set right whatever has gone wrong in the last five years under the troika of Dr. Manmohan Singh, Shri Chidambaram and Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia. Actually UPA inherited a very strong economy from the NDA led by Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The economy Chidambaram to Parliament in July, 2004, he said in the following words. The economy appears to be in resilient mode in terms of growth inflation and balance of payments, a combination that offers large scope for consolidiation of growth momentum with continued macroeconomic stability. But what has happened now? What has happened after five years of UPA's misrule and mismanagement of the economy? It is only repeition of the previous performance of Manmohan Singh ji and the previous performance of Shri Chidambaram in his United Front avatar. Actually, when we inherited five years of Manmohan Singh ji under Shri Narasimha Rao and two years of Shri Chidambaram under UF, whatever the economic situation the NDA inherited from them was very grim. Sir, I want to say with the help of the records that farmers are committing suicidies in huge numbers. In the last 12 years, many farmers have committed suicidies in the country. Where have these suicides taken place? In the last 50 days 47 suicides took place in Vidarbha. They took place in the State of Andhra Pradesh which is under the leadership of Congress Party. They took place in Uttar Pradesh, especially in Bundelkhand region.
