Rajasthan Budget News: The Rajasthan Assembly witnessed some high drama on Friday as the opposition created an uproar alleging that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot read old budget document in the House.
Opposition BJP members created ruckus in the state assembly leading to adjournment of proceedings for a brief time. Former CM Vasundhara Raje said that Gehlot kept reading for almost eight minutes. Speaker CP Joshi directed the members to maintain order in the House but the uproar continued. He then adjourned the House for 30 minutes.
"For 8 minutes, CM kept reading the old budget. When I was the CM, I used to repeatedly check and read before presenting the budget. You can imagine how safe the state is in the hands of a CM who reads out an old budget," Raje said.
The BJP further claimed that the budget has technically leaked, as state government officials rushed to get the budget copy
Ashok Gehlot clarifies
"You (Opposition) can point out only if there's a difference between what's written in the budget in my hand and its copies given to the House members. If a page was added to my budget copy by mistake, then how does the matter of leaking of budget arise?," Gehlot said.
This is the last budget of the Congress-led government as the state is going for an assembly election later this year.
ALSO READ: Explosives in huge quantity found in Rajasthan's Dausa ahead of PM Modi's visit on Feb 12
