New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday slammed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for not addressing key issues during the Lok Sabha debate on the Union Budget, alleging that her response was politically motivated and failed to answer many important questions raised by MPs.

Kanimozhi told ANI, "I don't think it was a reply to the discussion which happened in Parliament because a lot of pertinent questions were raised. But the Finance Minister actually was replying to particular state governments and making it very political. So, that is what she was targetting at. She did not reply to many of the issues which were raised."

Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief ...