Srinagar, March 12 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday told the Legislative Assembly that Budget 20205 is the foundation of J&K's self-reliance and not pessimism.Replying to the discussion on Budget 2025, the CM said, "The Budget is in fact is realistic. Some members termed the beginning of my budget speech as pessimistic. I believe it was not pessimistic; it was realistic"." I told the truth-I said my whole body has wounds. Pessimism would have been if I had said, 'The body has so many wounds, death would be inevitable.'" Instead, he explained, "I said, 'The body has so many wounds, and I don't even have enough balm for them.' This is not pessimism; this is our reality."He stressed the financial constraints facing the Union Territ...