Mumbai, March 10 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday slammed the Maharashtra Budget presented by the government, calling it a "budget of jumla" (rhetoric).

Thackeray criticized the budget for lacking concrete benefits for farmers and failing to deliver on the promised Rs 2100 under the Ladki Behen Yojana. He alleged that the government's promises were merely election gimmicks.

"The Budget presented by the Government today is a Budget of 'jumla'. The budget is exactly like this government. It has nothing special for farmers, it doesn't provide the Rs 2100 promised by the government under Ladki Behen Yojana. All promises of this government were just to win elections...," Thackeray told reporters here.

Maharashtra's Deputy...