Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta presented the State budget on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) in the Delhi Assembly, announcing 10 focus areas and an outlay of ₹1.03 lakh crore.
Hours before Ms. Gupta’s scheduled budget presentation, the Delhi Legislative Assembly received a bomb threat, police said. Police said nothing suspicious has been found so far after the assembly premises were checked, while adding that searches are still underway.
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The opposition AAP MLAs boycotted the first day of the Delhi Assembly’s Budget Session on Monday, staging a protest with an ‘arthi’ (bier), alleging “murder” of democracy by the ruling BJP.
Inputs from Nikhil M. Babu.
