'Kursi bachao budget': Opposition says states ruled by it ignored, slams BJP for appeasing allies

The attack by opposition parties came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget in the Lok Sabha. Sitharaman announced income tax relief for the middle class, a Rs 2 lakh crore outlay for job creation schemes over the next five years and a spending splurge for states-run by her party's new coalition partners. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi dubbed the Union Budget a "kursi bachao budget" and claimed it makes "hollow promises" to BJP allies at the cost of other states.