Budget 2026, Jan. 29 -- As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present the Union Budget 2026 this Sunday, expectations are high across states over allocations, reforms, and the Centre's commitment to cooperative federalism.

Telangana, in particular, has repeatedly raised concerns over what it calls continued neglect in successive budgets, despite being one of India's fastest-growing states now ruled by the Congress party.

In an interview with LiveMint, BRS working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) outlines the party's demands for Budget 2026, ranging from pending commitments under the AP Reorganisation Act to GST compensation, rural employment funding, and middle-class tax relief.

KTR, former IT Minister of Telangana, also ...