'Agli baar Modi sarkar?'

February 01, 2018 15:17

Central Hall of Parliament on Budget day was teeming with members of Parliament from almost all political parties. Most of them were waiting to greet Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on his fifth Budget, as well exchange a few words with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Aggarwal managed to make his way to Jaitley and tell him, 'Agli baar Modi sarkar'. The reason? For the first time the FM's Budget speech was in Hindi (quite a bit of it), which would work in the north. Also, the budget seemed pro-poor, another reason it could work.

While AIADMK and Telugu Desam members too made a beeline for Jaitley, one MP stood firm. Misa Bharti, member of Rajya Sabha and daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav, chose to stay away from the rush, for obvious reasons.

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