Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting a record 8th consecutive Union Budget on Saturday. As the Budget speech commenced, Samajwadi Party MPs shouted slogans and created a ruckus, demanding the House first discuss Mahakumbh stampede. Some MPs, including those from Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party, conducted a symbolic walk-out of the Lok Sabha. “For us, the data of people who died in the stampede in Maha Kumbh is more important than the budget data,” Akhilesh Yadav said after the Budget.
