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          The other thing is that he said it was a communal budget. I am sorry; I have been hearing this in this Parliament. Once a decision is taken on the minorities, immediately Muslims come into the field. Is that only religion that is to be considered? We must also see the economic status of the Muslims in this country. We all know that majority of the Muslims in this country are living in poverty. [MSOffice51]  If something is done for them why should it be thought in terms of only religion?  Why should it not be thought in terms of poverty? When we are thinking in terms of helping the poor or alleviating the poverty we do not need to discriminate between a caste, religion or region.  Surprisingly, not only Malhotra Ji even Advani Ji was saying that the Budget was communal.  He was the Leader who had said that Jinnah is secular.  On the contrary, increasing the Budget to the Ministry of Minority from Rs.500 crore to Rs.1000 crore becomes communal.  I could not understand the logic between the two. Our former Finance Minister, Shri Yashwant Sinha has also said that this is a communal Budget and BJP cannot keep quiet on that.  It is quite surprising. What do they do?  I do not know.