New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday criticized Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's reply to the Union Budget debate in the Lok Sabha and said it was "politically motivated, biased, and unsatisfactory".

"When have you released funds to the states? You have not given the data. Which state is not in a position to spend?" he asked.

In her reply to the marathon debate, Sitharaman countered opposition allegations and said capital budget outlays have not come down.

She said that the government is using almost the entire borrowed resources for financing effective capital expenditure.

The minister said that effective capital expenditure is projected at 15.48 lakh crore as against 13.18 lakh crore in the rev...