India, March 12 -- The opposition on Tuesday attacked the ruling Mahayuti for reneging on its assurances given before the assembly polls, among these the promise to increase the monthly Ladki Bahin payout from Rs.1,500 to Rs.2,100. It also slammed the alliance for scrapping ongoing schemes like Anandacha Shidha launched by the previous Eknath Shinde government.

On the first day of the debate on the Maharashtra budget, Shiv Sena (UBT) group leader Bhaskar Jadhav pointed out that the government had reduced the allocation for its flagship Ladki Bahin scheme. "The fund has dwindled to Rs.36,000 crore this year from Rs.46,000 crore last year, and this clearly means that the number of beneficiaries will be drastically reduced," he said. "We ha...