India, Feb. 1 -- The Union Budget 2026-27 had "nothing on offer for Bengal", according to chief minister Mamata Banerjee. She was reacting to reporters' questions at the Kolkata airport before leaving for Delhi on Sunday just after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech.

The Trinamool Congress boss, whose regime in West Bengal is facing a challenge from the Centre's ruling BJP in assembly elections due soon, termed the budget "anti-women, anti-farmer, anti-education", as well as "directionless" and "visionless" with "nothing for the common man".

In Delhi, from the national Opposition camp, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said his state Kerala, also poll-bound, did not get anything.

"We were waiting for the All India Institute of Ayurv...