Thai PM Prayut takes a dig at Thaksin as Pheu Thai casts aspersion on budget

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BANGKOK, June 1 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha launched a veiled attack on exiled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra while responding to allegations of favouritism by the opposition leader during the budget debate on Tuesday.

In his response to opposition and Pheu Thai Party leader Cholnan Srikaew's criticism of the budget, Prayut said his government did not practice favouritism like how the Thaksin government in the past threatened to make budgetary provisions only to provinces that elected the ruling party’s MPs.