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Forget about setting up of a medium-scale industry, one cannot even think about establishing a micro industrial unit with such a small capital. People will show them the right place in the upcoming general election.” Bareilly is famous for cane furniture, and we were expecting that the minister would certainly make some provisions in the budget to strengthen the furniture industry, but he disappointed us,” he added.Not only industrialists, but local residents, too, have castigated Agarwal for not announcing a medical college — a long-standing demand — for the city.While reacting to the budget, former mayor and Congress leader Supriya Aron said, “In a way, Agrawal has fulfilled my expectation, since I had no expectations from him for the development of Bareilly. Bareilly: Local industrialists and businessmen expressed their disappointment over the state budget presented by UP finance minister Rajesh Agarwal on Thursday, saying despite being an MLA from Bareilly Cantonment, the minister overlooked the requirements of city traders and industries.The business community said they were expecting sops for the Rohilkhand region in general and Bareilly in particular from the finance minister, but “he completely ignored us, which was not expected from a city MLA.”National secretary, Indian Industries Association (IIA), Suresh Sundrani, also owner of Param Engineers Pvt Ltd, said, “It was indeed very disappointing that the finance minister neglected not only the Rohilkhand region, but Bareilly too in his budget.“We were expecting that he would definitely announce something for the proposed Textile Park, which is yet to see light of the day, in Bareilly, as the city is a hub of embroidery industry with around eight lakh artisans engaged in it.”Sundrani went on to suggest the minister that “if he wants to win the next assembly election from Bareilly, he must take care of Bareilly by allocating funds for the embroidery industry under his government’s flagship scheme One District, One Product”.Piyush Kumar Agrawal, president, IIA, Bareilly chapter, said, “It’s very unfortunate that the Cantt MLA announced metro rail project for five districts and rapid-transit rail for Meerut and Ghaziabad, but no mode of modern transportation was announced for Bareilly.”“Besides, industrialists have been demanding an increase in the limit of non-collateral loan from Rs 1 crore to Rs 2 crore, at least..