Senior Samajwadi Party leader Lalji Verma on May 28 termed the Uttar Pradesh Budget presented by the BJP government a "deceit", prompting Finance Minister Suresh Khanna to intervene and ask the Opposition leader to get his facts right.
The Yogi Adityanath government on May 26 presented its maiden Budget of the second term with a focus on education, employment, empowerment of women and farmers besides law and order. The Budget is seen as a masterstroke by the government towards realising the dream of achieving a $1 trillion economy for Uttar Pradesh. The ₹6,15,518.97 crore Budget has a provision of ₹39,181 crore for new schemes.
