No state has been overlooked in the Budget, Nirmala asserted

way2barak, 27 July : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asserted that no state has been overlooked in the 2024 Union Budget. The statement from the Union Minister comes in response to opposition claims that her budget speech this week mentioned only two states – Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, both governed by key BJP allies.

Sitharaman emphasized that the centre is legally mandated to support Andhra Pradesh following its bifurcation in 2014.

“States are receiving allocations as they have in the past… no state has been denied anything. The Act (Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act) requires the centre to support (the state) in building its capital city and developing backward regions,” she explained.