Nirmala Sitharaman | Nirmala Sitharaman Defends Budget 2024: "No State Has Been Denied Anything"

No state has been denied anything in the 2024 Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told NDTV Friday evening, responding to opposition criticism that her speech this week mentioned only two states - Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, both ruled by key BJP allies.
Ms Sitharaman, who presented a record-setting seventh consecutive budget on Tuesday, said the centre had been required by law to support Andhra Pradesh after 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.
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