3 ex-FMs attended meeting: Odisha Dy CM on pre-budget consultation meet | ABP News

Odisha’s Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo spoke to ANI about the cabinet meeting, stating that it was a pre-budget consultation. He mentioned that before presenting the budget to the Assembly, the government announced its intention to gather input from various stakeholders on the state's development. “It was a pre-budget consultation meeting. We had announced that prior to the budget being announced and placed before the Assembly, we would like the stakeholders, people who can give us inputs on how to have a people friendly and what should be included in the budget so that the development of the state along with the stakeholders can be done...we had 3 ex-finance ministers who attended the meeting and gave inputs...since this is the first budget of the BJP govt, I am sure we will rise to the occasion”, said KV Singh Deo.