Union Cabinet meeting underway ahead of budget presentation orlandoecho.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orlandoecho.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): A Union Cabinet meeting is underway ahead of the presentation of Budget 2021-22 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Parliament on Monday.
She was accompanied by her deputy Anurag Thakur and other officials of the Finance Ministry. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, MoS Finance & Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur, and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, called on President Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget 2021-22, the President tweeted. With the Union Budget 2021-22 set to be delivered in paperless form for the first time, Sitharaman replaced the Swadeshi bahi khata and switched to a tablet. Dressed in a red and cream colour saree, accompanied by Thakur and other officials from her ministry at North Block, the Finance Minister was seen carrying a tablet kept inside a red coloured cover with a golden coloured national emblem embossed on it.
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TMC accuses BJP of insulting National Anthem, starts poll on social media
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Updated: Monday, February 1, 2021, 0:20 [IST]
Kolkata, Jan 31: Trinamool Youth Congress president Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday claimed that BJP leaders have sung the national anthem incorrectly at a public rally in Howrah, a charge denied by the saffron party.
Taking to Twitter, The TMC MP said that those preaching patriotism and nationalism cannot even sing the national anthem correctly . This is the party which claims to uphold India s honour and pride! SHAMEFUL! Will @narendramodi @AmitShah @BJP4India apologise for this Anti-National Act? he wrote.
A Union Cabinet Minister Is present in a program where the National anthem is insulted!!#BJPInsultsNationalAnthem#RathinGhoshMLApic.twitter.com/z6zLH5g8CP