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BUDGET HOLDS LITTLE PROMISE FOR ELECTION-BOUND STATES
The Morning Standard
|February 02, 2026
AS Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam gear up for fiercely contested Assembly elections in the coming months, the Union Budget 2026-27 has drawn criticism from Opposition-ruled states.
While the poll bound states received allocations from rare earth corridor to high-speed rail corridor, turtle trails, and coconut promotion scheme, Opposition leaders argued that the proposals lacked allocations or new schemes that could provide immediate relief or long-term support to states facing fiscal stress.
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