Chandigarh, March 21 -- Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday picked holes in the 2025-26 budget estimates presented by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini.

During the general discussion on the budget estimates presented by Saini on March 17, the Congress leader said that though the chief minister claimed in his budget address that the revenue deficit, fiscal deficit and debt to gross state domestic product (GSDP) ratio was within the prescribed limits, a 2022-23 audit report prepared by comptroller and auditor general (CAG) tells a different story.

"The CAG report has said Haryana's revenue deficit was 1.73% as against required 0.98 %, the fiscal deficit was 3.12% as against the requirement of 2.98% and ratio of ...