
PM jabs Opposition - No foreign meddling for 1st time in 10 years
"As you have already seen, this is the first parliament session since 2014 that has likely seen no 'videshi chingari' (foreign interference) in our affairs, meaning that no external forces attempted to start a fire. This was something I had seen before to each budget meeting. In his usual speech before the Budget session started today, PM Modi stated, "And many in our country leave no stone unturned to fan these sparks."
"The main focus will be on women's empowerment and Nari shakti in particular. "Our second area of focus will be to reform, perform, and transform," PM Modi continued.
PM Modi invoked Goddess lakshmi and said he would pray for the nation's poor and middle class to continue to be blessed by the goddess of wealth.
The Economic survey will be tabled today by Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will also introduce the Union Budget in parliament on Saturday. She will give the budget speech for the ninth time in a row.
There will be two sections to the budget session. While the second section will start on march 10 and run through april 4, the first part will run from january 31 to february 13.