7Photo© hindustantimes.comNirmala Sitharaman jabs opposition: '26 states not named in 2010 Budget'
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday rejected the opposition's allegations of opposition-ruled states being ignored in the Union Budget 2024 presented by her in Parliament on July 23.
Replying to the budget discussion in the Lok Sabha, the minister asserted that no state was denied funds. She recalled that in the past Budgets by the UPA government also did not mention names of all states in their Budget speech.
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Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (SansadTV)
“ I have been picking up on Budget speeches since 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008 and so on. The Budget of 2004-2005 did not take the name of 17 states. I would like to ask the members of the…
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