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• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget
• The opposition will comment on the budget
• Rahul Gandhi’s speech in Parliament

Union Budget 2026: New Delhi: The current budget session of Parliament (Budget 2026) is underway. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget yesterday (February 1). In this, it was seen that he laid great emphasis on education, health and tourism sector. After this, today there will be a strong debate on the budget in the Parliament. Opposition in Lok Sabha (Rahul Gandhi) will comment on the budget and is likely to surround the ruling party.

After Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s presentation of the budget in the Lok Sabha, a fierce verbal clash broke out between the ruling party and opposition parties. While the opposition lashed out at the government and called the budget “disappointing” and “out of public interest”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the entire government hailed it as “in public interest” and “promoting development”. So now it has been seen that a strong political controversy has arisen from the budget.

What will happen in Parliament today?

Meanwhile, an important event will take place in the Parliament today. During the debate on the President’s address, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi will deliver his speech in the Lok Sabha today at 2 pm. The speech is considered important as the budget debate is scheduled to begin on February 9 and Rahul Gandhi’s statements before that could give an indication of the opposition’s strategy. Everyone’s attention is on what the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will say.

Today’s Parliamentary Proceedings

2:00 PM – Rahul Gandhi’s Speech: Rahul Gandhi will address the Lok Sabha during the debate on the President’s Address.

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Informal meeting with the Finance Minister: The post-Budget interaction with the Finance Minister will be held in Coordination Hall-3 of the New Parliament Building, where information to the Budget will be shared with the media.
Political debate and debate over the budget is likely to continue throughout the session. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi took to social media platform X to criticize the budget, calling it “blind to the real crisis”. He claimed that unemployment in the country was rising, production was falling and investment was falling.

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi wrote, Youth without jobs, manufacturing sector shrinking, investors withdrawing capital.
Big drop in family savings, distressed farmers. And the impending global upheaval – all ignored. Rahul Gandhi criticized the budget as ignoring India’s real problems and refusing to make policy reforms.