Hyderabad, Feb. 15 -- The YSR Congress Party on Saturday criticised the annual state budget for financial year 2026-27 as a "bundle of lies" which concealed more than it revealed.

Addressing the budget after it was presented on Saturday, former state finance minister and senior YSRCP leader Buggana Rajendranath Reddy claimed that while the budget spoke highly of the state's growth rate and compared it with that of Centre, the corresponding rise in revenues allegedly did not support its assertions.

"One shining example is that of the Jal Jivan Mission, the Central scheme. While the Centre has spent Rs.8,500 crore nationwide, the state government had claimed that it had spent Rs.10,000 crore in the state," he pointed out.

He added that t...