Congress MLAs welcome initiative of Chief Minister at pre-budget meeting in Panchkula
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, March 3-
A glimpse of women empowerment was seen in the pre-budget consultation meeting organised to take suggestions for the budget 2025-26 in Sector-1, Panchkula today under the chairmanship of Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, who is also the Finance Minister of the state.
The Chief Minister first gave the opportunity to women MLAs to speak and put forward their suggestions. Congress MLA Geeta Bhukkal spoke first. More than 25 MLAs gave suggestions in the first session of the meeting. The second session will be held tomorrow. The Opposition MLAs expressed their gratitude to the Chief Minister for continuing the tradition started by former CM Manohar Lal of inviting suggestions before the budget. A key feature of this meeting was that out of 90 MLAs, 40 MLAs have been elected for the first time in the 14th Vidhan Sabha and they expressed their gratitude to the Chief Minister for providing an open house platform to give suggestions in the budget.