And it was quite a change.
Unlike the 2019 interim and final Budgets (where the change in the two versions was negligible), this Budgetand the reactions to it - reflected the new Lok Sabha, with reduced numbers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its dependence on alliance partners Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Janata Dal United (JDU), and the number of times Andhra Pradesh and Bihar cropped up in the Budget speech.
"What about Kerala," asked Congress MP from Ernakulam Hibi Eden when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned assistance to states like Bihar struck by flooding, leading to loud jeers. "What about Tamil Nadu," questioned Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Dayanidhi Maran when allocations were announced to projects to support development of tourism in Bihar like Nalanda and Rajgir. "This is an Andhra Pradesh-Bihar Budget," said NCP lead er Supriya Sule.
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