Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta presents the Budget
2025-26 in the Assembly, in New Delhi, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (PTI Photo/Arun
Sharma)
- NEW DELHI — Leader of Opposition Atishi on Tuesday slammed the Delhi budget,
calling it a “hawa hawai budget” and labelling it "baseless and
unrealistic".
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- Atishi alleged that the BJP government deliberately
avoided presenting the Economic Survey before the budget, saying, “If the
government truly had Rs one lakh crore in revenue, they wouldn’t have hesitated
to present the Economic Survey in the Assembly. They hid it because the numbers
would expose the truth behind this hollow budget.”
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- She accused the BJP of slashing key allocations to
essential sectors like education, health, and municipal services, saying the
budget reveals the government’s "intent to weaken public services".
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- “For the first time in 10 years, the education budget has
fallen below 20 per cent, showing their agenda to destroy government schools.
Health spending has also been cut to 13 per cent — the lowest in a decade — to
dismantle free treatment services for the poor,” she said.
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- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday presented Rs
one lakh crore FY26 Budget with ten focus areas, including Yamuna cleaning,
economic empowerment of women, infrastructure, water, and connectivity,
asserting that it is a roadmap for making the national capital self-reliant.
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- In her 138-minute speech, Gupta, who also holds the
finance portfolio, called the maiden budget of the BJP government
"historic", emphasising that the era of "corruption and
inefficiency" was over.
