New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the union Budget today morning this year, clad in a Kattam Kanjeevaram silk saree from Tamil Nadu.
Kanjeevaram sarees are traditional handwoven silks known for their rich texture and craftsmanship. Tamil Nadu, along with Kerala, West Bengal, Puducherry and Assam, is among the states heading to Assembly polls later this year.
This apart, there seemed no "state-specific bonanzas" for the poll-bound regions in Sitharaman's ninth consecutive Budget, framed around "three 'kartavyas' and seven strategic and frontier sectors".
As the BJP prepares for five Assembly polls and battles upper-caste discontent, the union Budget surprisingly had no clear political message.
The s...