Tharoor's statement comes after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made major announcements for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, including a boost in infrastructure and special financial support.
Congress MP Manish Tewari taking a jibe at NDA government claims of no discrimination in the Union Budget, said he had to recheck the meaning of 'discrimination' in the dictionary.
AGP president and Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora on Wednesday expressed his discontentment over the allocation of Rs 11,500 crores for floods in Bihar and asserted to raise his voice and demand a similar flood assistance aid for Assam.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a senior member of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation in a 2021 Bihar case related to seizure of arms, ammunition, explosives, etc.
A few workers of the Indian Youth Congress were arrested after a protest against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar outside the Bihar Legislative Council on Wednesday turned violent and the workers attacked the police with sticks and PVC pipes, SDM Patna said.
Former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD leader Rabri Devi launched a scathing attack against centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the Union budget is just a tactic to save the chair.
GVL Narasimha Rao, BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha MP, criticized Congress and the INDIA bloc for opposing special focus on states in the Union Budget based on their needs, calling it a sign of political frustration and a negative attitude.
Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday slammed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over the Union Budget and claimed that the plates of all states except Bihar and Andhra Pradesh were empty in the budget allocation.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday slammed the Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for calling the examination system "fraud" and asked if, after the Supreme Court verdict, the latter would apologise.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday called the Union Budget "good" and said that the opposition is trying to "mislead people" by saying that the budget presented by the central government is only for two states (Bihar and Andhra Pradesh).
Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh expressed contentment with the allocation of funds in the Union Budget 2024 and said that the budget has plenty of packages for Bihar in every sector, such as infrastructure, tourism or irrigation.