Parliament had a tumultuous start on Wednesday as Opposition MPs staged a protest against the Budget. Members of the INDIA bloc claim that the Budget is unfair to States not governed by the BJP.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23 announced a series of initiatives aimed at addressing the challenges faced by unemployed youth, small businesses, and the middle class, while also seeking to bolster the ruling NDA coalition’s relationships by supporting various investment projects in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. This Budget marks Ms. Sitharaman’s seventh consecutive Budget and the first by the BJP-led NDA government since its re-election in June.
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The BJP’s allies praised the Budget, but the Opposition was not happy, calling it an exercise in political jugglery to appease the Janata Dal (United) and Telugu Desam Party, the BJP’s two key allies, while doing little to address issues such as high rate of unemployment and inflation.Â