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Uttar Pradesh assembly passes rupees 59,019 crore supplementary budget amid protests
Uttar Pradesh assembly passes rupees 59,019 crore supplementary budget amid protests
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed a ₹59,019.54 crore supplementary budget for 2026-27 on Wednesday, clearing the Uttar Pradesh Appropriation (Supplementary) Bill, 2026 during its Monsoon Session, according to Hindustan Times. Economic…
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed a ₹59,019.54 crore supplementary budget for 2026-27 on Wednesday, clearing the Uttar Pradesh Appropriation (Supplementary) Bill, 2026 during its Monsoon Session, according to Hindustan Times. Economic services, including infrastructure, industry, energy, agriculture and development, received the largest share at ₹45,568.63 crore, about 77 percent of the total. Samajwadi Party and Congress members pushed for a Rule 311 discussion on alleged theft of donations from the Ram temple in Ayodhya, and sloganeering forced two adjournments before the House reconvened and passed the bill. Speaker Satish Mahana had earlier addressed the previous day's suspension of Samajwadi Party MLA Sachin Yadav, and Congress legislator Aradhana Mishra argued for lifting the suspension, calling it Yadav's first offence. The Speaker then adjourned the assembly sine die, a day before the four day Monsoon Session's scheduled end.
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Hindustan Times calls the package the biggest supplementary budget since the BJP came to power in 2017, and links the 77 percent tilt toward economic services to the 2027 assembly polls now months away. The Opposition's Rule 311 demand on the Ram temple donations never became a debate: Mata Prasad Pandey said the right had been taken away because the agreement of the Speaker had been added to Rule 311, and the House was adjourned three times before the sine die call at about 1.30pm. The sitting scheduled for 6 August now stands cancelled, which leaves the Rule 311 demand to the assembly's next session.
Source: Hindustan Times
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