Union Budget: No big bang proposal for poll-bound states

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her ninth consecutive budget, made major announcements, including those for poll-bound states. However, the leaders of West Bengal and Kerala hit out at the government for “ignoring” the respective states.

Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala are among the states to go for polls this year.

When asked on the budget allocation for the poll-bound states, the finance minister said there was "enough done to cover all these election states."

During the press post-budget press briefing, Sitharaman said the government has done for both election and non-election states.