AAP boycotted President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on Tuesday, calling her speech "a bundle of false promises and false claims by the Narendra Modi Government."
National Conference (NC) MP Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday lauded the President's Address ahead of the commencement of the Budget Session of the Parliament and said that it was a "good Address".
The Rajya Sabha has adjourned for the day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey, 2022-23 with its Highlights and Statistical Appendix.
President Droupadi Murmu, in her pre-budgetary session, said that the recruitment of women has been opened up in every sector, from mining to the front lines in the army.
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday lauded India's indigenous defence manufacturing and said that the country's defence exports have increased multiple times due to the initiatives of the government.
Underlining the role of political stability in the country's development, President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said that India is in a better position as compared to other countries due to the government's decisions taken in the national interest.
"From the surgical strikes to the tough crackdown on terrorism, from the LoC to the LAC, from the abrogation of Article 370 to the triple talaq, my government has been recognised as a decisive government," President Murmu said.
In her maiden address to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajay Sabha in the central hall of Parliament President Murmu said, "India has entered Amrit Kaal completing its 75 years of Independence. Amrit Kaal is a period of 100 years of Independence and making of a developed India. These
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ahead of the commencement of the Budget Session of the Parliament on Tuesday, said that India's budget will attempt to meet the aspirations of the common citizens amid the unstable global economic situation.
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the pre-Budget document in the Parliament after President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also said that party chief and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge along with other Members of Parliament (MPs) would not be able to attend the address of President Droupadi Murmu in Parliament on Tuesday.