Ahead of the Budget session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the Opposition MPs, who were suspended in the last session for their unruly behaviour, to introspect.
The Delhi LG office said that VK Saxena had approved the Annual Financial Statement 2023-2024 with certain observations on March 9, and sent the file to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Interestingly, CM Gehlot had shared multiple photos of himself with the budget document and the official briefcase before entering the assembly. It is a mystery how he or anyone around him did not realise that the budget documents were from last year.
This was the last full budget of this government before the general elections in 2024 but even then, the government resisted the temptation to go for populist measures.
According to government sources both Mallikarjun Kharge and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury were held up due to the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra that culminated in Srinagar today.