The BJP government of Delhi will present its first budget in the assembly tomorrow i.e. on Tuesday. Before this budget, the newly elected Chief Minister of Delhi Rekha Gupta did a kheer ceremony instead of halwa which is made during the presentation of the budget. Let us inform you that the budget session of the Delhi Assembly will run from March 24 to March 28.
CM Rekha Gupta will present it
On the first day of this session, the Delhi government will present its first budget in the assembly on Tuesday, in which provision of funds will be made to implement election promises like cleaning the Yamuna river, infrastructure development and strengthening basic amenities. Let us inform you that Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has kept the charge of the Finance Department with herself, so the CM will present it tomorrow.
The figure of 80 thousand crores can be crossed
Today, before the start of the budget session, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta organized a ‘kheer’ ceremony as a symbol of the ‘sweetness’ of ‘developed Delhi’. Let us inform you that till now there used to be a halwa ceremony before the budget. Government sources said that the 2025-26 budget to be presented in the assembly could cross the figure of Rs 80,000 crore.
Atishi cornered the government
Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly and former CM Atishi criticized the Rekha Gupta government for not presenting the Economic Survey a day before the budget was presented. Taking a dig at the Kheer Ceremony organized by the BJP at the beginning of the budget session, she said, “Delhi’s budget can be made not by making kheer, but on the basis of the data of the economy.”