Budget presented on tablet; SAD, RLP and AAP boycott, Cong silent
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Rajnish Singh ( IANS)
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Mon, Feb 1 2021 19:18 IST
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur leaves for the Parliament to announce the 2021-22 Union Budget, in New Delhi on Monday, 1st February 2021.(Photo: Qamar Sibtain/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 1 : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalemate was witnessed even during the Budget 2021 presentation in Parliament on Monday when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first ever digital annual expenditure of Independent India.
After sloganeering to repeal three contentious farm laws, the SAD along with the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) walked out of the Lok Sabha in solidarity with the protesting farmers when Sitharaman began her speech at 11 a.m. However, the major opposition party Congress remained silent and participated in the Budget proceedings.