The BJP-led Delhi authorities are about to present the Budget 2025-26, its first Budget in 26 years in the national capital. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who also holds the portfolio of Finance Minister, will present the Budget 2025-26 today. Before the presentation of the Budget, the leader minister is about to go to the Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place, and then she can head toward the Delhi Secretariat for a Cabinet assembly.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta presents Budget today
The Cabinet conferences, which had been usually held at the Assembly at some stage in the control of former CM Arvind Kejriwal, will now be held in the Delhi Secretariat. Folliwng the Assembly Gupta will proceed to the Vidhan Sabha and present the budget. This Budget Session is sizeable, as it follows the current 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) return to power after 27 years.
Earlier on Monday, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) document at the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) was tabled by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta in the Assembly. It highlighted operational inefficiencies and economic losses, leading to criticism of the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
The file evaluates DTC’s key operational and financial elements, pointing to inefficiencies and regions require development. It examines fleet management, revenue generation, operational sustainability, and adherence to public transport regulations.
BJP MLA Harish Khurana slams AAP authorites
Amid the CM Rekha Gupta going to presents budget, BJP MLA Harish Khurana slammed the preceding AAP authorities, accusing it of mismanaging the public transportation system, which led to financial losses and a decline in DTC’s bus fleet.
Khurana, in the Delhi Assembly consultation, talked about that even as AAP had promised 11,000 new buses in 2013-15, the number of DTC buses reduced from 4,344 in 2015 to a few,937. He also alleged that under former Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana, DTC become worthwhile, however under AAP, the employer’s standard losses surged to ₹8,498.33 crore, increasing through ₹5,000 crore during AAP’s tenure.
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