BJP Issues 3-Line Whip For MPs To Be Present In Lok Sabha Today For Passing Budget
The BJP has issued a three-line whip to its Lok Sabha MPs to ensure their presence for the passing of the Union Budget 2025-26.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a three-line whip to its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in the Lower House of the Parliament for the passing of the Union Budget 2025-26.
"All BJP members in Lok Sabha are hereby informed that guillotining of various demands for Grants 2025-26 will be taken up for passing in the House on Friday. All members of BJP in Lok Sabha are, therefore, requested to be positively present in the House throughout the day and support the government's stands," the party said in a letter, reported ANI.
A guillotine is a parliamentary tactic which is used to accelerate the passing of a bill without allowing further discussion. It is typically used when the government wants to pass a bill quickly, but the opposition is stalling the process.
Major Tax Relief In This Year's Budget
The Union Budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 was presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1. The Budget provided major relief to tax payers as Sitharaman announced no income tax on an average monthly income of up to Rs one lakh to boost household savings and consumption.
The announcement on tax relief meant that the salaried class would pay nil income tax up to Rs 12.75 lakh.
During her Budget speech, Sitharaman highlighted the main goal of the budget is that of rolling out a "futuristic path for transforming India into a 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047."
Focusing on "Garib, Youth, Annadata and Nari," the budget unveils new schemes and reforms in the sectors of agriculture, MSMEs, investments, exports, rural development, enabling employment, spurring domestic consumption and more."
The Finance Minister further said that indirect tax under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has significantly reduced over the years since its implementation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Union Budget 2025 as a "Force Multiplier" for India's development journey, describing it as a "budget of aspirations" for 140 crore Indians.
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