'Budget For Nation, Not Just For Poll-Bound States': Kiren Rijiju To NDTV
In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju dismissed opposition claims that the 2026 Union Budget was tailored to upcoming elections in certain states.
Rijiju said that the financial blueprint presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is a roadmap for the entire nation, and not influenced by electoral cycles.
"Elections keep coming, and especially in India, right now the cycle is such that every year there are at least two phases of elections," he told NDTV. "The budget is for the nation, it's not for election-going states. So to tag the budget with the coming election, that is not correct."
