Replying to the debate in Lok Sabha on the general budget on Friday, the Finance Minister also talked about the new tax regime stating that it will leave higher disposable income in the hands of people.
The minister, who gave point-by-point answer to the questions raised by opposition members in her reply to the debate on union budget, referred to charges levelled by Congress and said such allegations will be "given back in the same language".
Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday alleged that the central government has cheated the people of Bihar in the Union Budget and has maintained a stepmotherly attitude towards the state.
Shortly after being suspended from the proceedings at the Rajya Sabha for the remainder of the ongoing Budget Session, for allegedly violating the directions of chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Congress MP Rajani Ashokrao Patil on Friday denied the charge claiming she was given 'faansi ki sazaa
Veteran Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday took a jibe at the Budget 2023 presented by the Bharatiya Janta party (BJP)-led central government and said that growth will not be 7 per cent this year as claimed by the government.
Union Jal Shakti Minister and Jodhpur MP Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday took a jibe at Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and said that it was unfortunate for the people of the state to have such a leadership after the latter read the old Budget in the Rajasthan Assembly.
Sitharaman, who replied to the debate on the Union Budget 2023-24, hit back at Congress over corruption allegations against the government, saying "clean your mouth with dettol"
Raising the matter in the House, Leader of the House Piyush Goyal said they are seeing videos recorded in the House showing senior Members of Parliament unauthorisedly being recorded
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday participated in a general discussion on Budget 2023-24 in Lok Sabha and said that the budget astutely balances the requirement for India's development imperatives within the limit of fiscal prudence.
"It will be an election manifesto budget. BJP doesn't have any agenda to help people. The BJP govt is only about making announcements and promises in the media," Shivakumar told ANI.
In the discussion during the point of order raised by Pramod Tiwari on the removal of some words of Kharge from the proceedings of the House, the Congress MP said that Kharge has written a poem in your love.