Ranchi, March 5 -- BJP State President and former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi today targeted the state government during the discussion on the state budget 2025.26 in the House. In his measured style, he termed the budget as directionless, short-sighted, anti-development and said that the state government is doing politics even in the budget speech.

He said that the fact that Finance Minister Radhakrishna Kishore did not take the name of Jharkhand creator revered Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji in the budget speech exposes the vile mentality of the government.

He said that the people of the state know the truth about who fulfilled the dream of a separate Jharkhand state. Today, the same people are sitting in power whose history has been of sel...