Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that people are being misled on the Union Budget even though critics too now accept that it is the best Budget under the current global economic scenario.
Modi, who was addressing BJP's Parliamentary Party meeting, welcomed the Bodo agreement to settle the members of Bru-Reang tribe in Tripura, terming them "historic" successes of his Government in this decade, according to party sources.
It will usher in an era of peace in the North East which has suffered decades of bloodshed and violence, he said, adding that his Govt has also curbed naxalism and boosted development in areas hit by the extremist Left violence.
The North East States used to see frequent blockades and 'bandh' that would bring life to a standstill for days but things have now changed for the better, Modi said.
Referring to the Union Budget, which was presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, Modi said attempts were made to mislead people about it, sources said. However, people have now realised that it is a very good budget and even critics have acknowledged that this is the best budget under the prevailing global economic scenario, he said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan gave a presentation on novel coronavirus, and how their respective ministry is dealing with the situation.
The meeting was held in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda, and Union Ministers like Nitin Gadkari, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Ramesh Pokhriya, and Nirmala Sitharaman among others.BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur was also present in the meeting.
This proceeded close on the heels of BJP's Karnataka MP Anantkumar Hegde's controversial remark about Gandhi after which many top BJP leaders expressed unhappiness over his remark, party sources said .
Hegde has been asked to issue an unconditional apology which he has yet not done,