New Delhi: Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju, while addressing the media personnel, slammed the opposition party and said they did not speak about the budget after it was presented instead they kept on insulting the house and abusing the Prime Minister of India. 

"The way the leaders of some parties commented during the budget session and the way they gave speeches, I would like to say that they have insulted the House by lowering the dignity of the budget session. The Prime Minister has already said that whatever had to be done for the party has been done in the elections, now everyone has to work together for the country, not for the party. Yesterday the opposition people did not say anything on the budget, they just did politics. They have insulted the mandate of the country and the opposition people have abused the Prime Minister."

Speaking on the significance of the budget, Rijiju highlighted its ambitious goals and termed it as a "historical budget".

"The budget aims to make India the third largest economy. There is allocation for infrastructure, provision for covering every corner of the world, for women, for employment, and for farmers. If the opposition doesn't understand, the public will punish them. PM Modi has come to power for the third time because of the public. opposition is trying to change the narrative," he added.

The opposition INDIA bloc MPs held a protest in the Parliament complex on Wednesday, against the Union Budget, presented on Tuesday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

"Opposition virodhi kursi bachao Budget murda baad" slogans were raised by the INDIA bloc leaders as they protested holding placards in the Parliament building, claiming that the Budget is "discriminatory" in nature.

The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday criticised the Union Budget 2024-25, accusing the Finance Minister of making hollow promises. Taking to social media platform 'X,' he tweeted, "Kursi Bachao Budget. Appease Allies: Hollow promises to them at the cost of other states. Appease Cronies: Benefits to AA with no relief for the common Indian. Copy and Paste: Congress manifesto and previous budgets."

Mallikarjun Kharge also took to 'X,' tweeting, "Modi Government's 'copycat budget' could not even copy Congress' justice agenda properly! The Modi Government's budget is distributing half-hearted 'rewadis' to dupe its coalition partners so that the NDA survives. This is not a budget for the 'progress of the country,' it is a 'save Modi government' budget!" (ANI)