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Budget 2026 LIVE: Opposition MPs stage protest in Parliament, call Union Budget ‘anti-Kerala’

Posted on: Feb 02, 2026 07:54 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Budget 2026 LIVE: Opposition MPs stage protest in Parliament, call Union Budget ‘anti-Kerala’
BUdget 2026 unrecorded: Parliament testament convene amid the on-going Budget session on mon, a daytime after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth consecutive Union Budget in the Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi is expected to address the House, as indicated by his statement to reporters after the Budget presentation.The Lok Sabha will on Monday take up the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address. Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal will initiate the discussion on behalf of the BJP, with party MP Tejasvi Surya set to second the motion. A total of 18 hours has been allotted for the debate. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to reply to the discussion on February 4.Rahul Gandhi defers comments to ParliamentLeader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, declined to comment on the Union Budget outside Parliament on Sunday, saying he would raise his views on the floor of the House.Asked by reporters what he thought of the Budget, Gandhi said, “I will speak tomorrow, using the platform provided by Parliament.”The Congress leader was accompanied by his sister, Priyanka Gandhi, MP from Wayanad. Both left the Parliament premises without responding to further questions from the media.Rahul Gandhi flags ‘ignored’ issuesLater in the day, Gandhi took to X to list what he said were key concerns that the Budget had failed to address.“Youth without jobs. Falling manufacturing. Investors pulling out capital. Household savings plummeting. Farmers in distress. Looming global shocks - all ignored. A Budget that refuses course correction, blind to India’s real crises,” his post read.Sitharaman presents ninth consecutive budgetFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2026–27 on Sunday, with the government describing it as a roadmap of reforms and a vision for the second quarter of the 21st century.In her Budget speech, Sitharaman reiterated the government’s focus on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ and announced a range of measures aimed at economic growth and consumer relief. However, the most notable takeaway was that income tax slabs remain unchanged, at least until the next Budget.Other business in Lok SabhaAccording to the Lok Sabha list of business for the day, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh are scheduled to present the 14th Report of the Business Advisory Committee.

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