Senior Samajwadi Party leader Lalji Verma termed the 2022-23 Budget presented by the Bharatiya Janata Party Government as a 'deceit', prompting Finance Minister Suresh Khanna to intervene and ask the opposition leader to get his facts corrected.
On May 26, the Yogi Adityanath Government 2.0 presented its maiden Budget with a focus on education, employment, empowerment of women and farmers besides law and order. The budget is seen as a masterstroke by the government towards realising the dream of achieving a $1-trillion economy for Uttar Pradesh. The Rs 6.15 lakh crore budget has a provision of Rs 39,181 crore for new schemes.
Finance Minister Suresh Khanna said that the current budget was bigger than the previous by Rs 65,249 crore.