Shortly after the decision was announced, a social media narrative started to subtly push the agenda that new 12% GST has been introduced on milk cans by Modi government.
"But I don't have that kind of money to contest, I also have a problem because whether it is Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu, there is also going to be a question of various winnability criteria that they use, are you from this community or from that religion.
Rejecting Congress bias in fund allocations, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that every penny due to Karnataka is accounted for and was released on time.
Taking a jibe at the Congress-led UPA govt, the Finance Minister said that the Modi government is working with an approach to development that is "all round, all-pervasive and all-inclusive".
The comparisons of numbers from the interim budget of 2014 and the current interim budget show a massive difference between the two budgets, both after 10 years of rules of UPA and NDA govts.
The budget projects savings of up to Rs 15,000 to 18,000 annually for households from free solar electricity and selling the surplus to distribution companies.