New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his 'youth without jobs' remark on Budget 2026, asking him to provide facts on his claims and asserting that the budget addressed the needs of all the sections of the society. Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 2026, presented the Union Budget in Parliament. On economy, the finance minister also said that the fundamentals of it remain strong.

Nirmala Sitharaman said, "With due respect, I don't know what course correction he (Gandhi) is referring to. Economy and its fundamentals are strong. Global uncertainty is facing many of our sectors for whom we have brought in so many different schemes for those small and medium enterprises,...