Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the Agnipath scheme during his address in Ladakh's Kargil on Friday on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas.
Meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee met with Sunita Kejriwal, the wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Friday after arriving in New Delhi to attend the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for July 27.
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Rajasthan CM Bhjajanlal Sharma, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma were among those who arrived in Delhi to attend the meet.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) announced it would hold protests across Tamil Nadu against the Union Government, alleging that the state was neglected in the Union Budget 2024. The protest will take place on July 27.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin first announced the boycott in Chennai. Following this, the Congress said its chief ministers, including Himachal Pradesh's Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Karnataka's Siddaramaiah and Telangana's Revanth Reddy, would skip the meeting.
A conference and press conference will be held. As per the directions of BJP national president JP Nadda, a programme will be held BJP's National General Secretary, Arun Singh, told ANI.
The decision came on Wednesday after the opposition parties claimed that the Union Budget presented on July 23 was "discriminatory" as it did not allocate enough funds for the state ruled by non-NDA parties.
In a strong rebuttal to the opposition's criticism of Union Budget 2024-25, Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday accused the opposition of engaging in mere politics rather than providing constructive feedback on the budget.
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.
"In our manifesto, we have mentioned MSP with a legal guarantee. We have done the assessment and it can be implemented," Rahul Gandhi said speaking to reporters after his meeting.