Opening Day Of Parliament Budget Session — IN PICS

The Budget Session of Parliament began on Wednesday with an address by President Droupadi Murmu to a joint sitting. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Interim Budget on February 1.

2024 Parliament Budget Session

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament. (Image Source: PTI)

President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament. (Image Source: PTI)

President Murmu addresses the joint sitting of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget session. (Image Source: PTI)

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Union Ministers Amit Shah, S. Jaishankar and Nitin Gadkari, and others during President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget session. (Image Source: PTI)

Congress MPs Mallikajun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi and others stand for the national anthem after President Murmu's address to the joint sitting of Parliament. (Image Source: PTI)

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Ministers of State Pankaj Chaudhary and Bhagwat Karad and her team of officials a day before presentation of the Interim Budget 2024. (Image Source: PTI)

Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi and Rajani Patil on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament. (Image Source: PTI)

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament. (Image Source: PTI)

Congress MP Mukul Wasnik and AAP MP Raghav Chadha on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament. (Image Source: PTI)

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament. (Image Source: PTI)

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi on the first day of the Budget session. (Image Source: PTI)