Meanwhile, speaking about the state budget, Chief Minister said that the upcoming budget of the present government would focus on education, and health and address the challenges of the future.
As a mark of protest against the state budget, the Kerala Youth Congress workers waved black flags at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan twice at Kalamassery area in Ernakulam on Saturday.
"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.
The opposition Congress-led UDF MLAs on Thursday staged a protest against the Left government's refusal to roll back the tax proposals and social security cess on fuel and liquor, announced in the budget.
The state Budget Session 2023-24 of the Maharashtra Assembly is slated to be held from February 27 to March 25 and the budget will be presented on March 9.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday chaired a meeting with senior officials of the government to discuss the state budget, State Road Safety Council and G20 meetings.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Minister Prakash Javdekar criticized Pinarayi Vijayan-led government for their state budget and termed it an anti-people budget.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is mulling to corner the Pinarayi Vijayan led-Kerala government by holding a protest from Monday against the state budget for the financial year 2023-2024.
The State President said that the Congress Party is against the strike. KPCC president K. Sudhakaran and Member of Parliament (MP) said in Kannur on Saturday. "Congress will not announce any more strikes. If there are no strikes, I will lead a fiery strike against the Kerala state budget," h