labels: economy - general, union budget 2007
Lok Sabha passes Budget news
16 March 2007

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha today passed the Union Budget with finance minister P Chidambaram tabling his reply to budget discussions amid loud protests, slogan shouting and disruptions by the opposition over the deaths due to police firing in Nandigram.

The Banking Regulation (Amendments) Bill was also passed even as the entire opposition shouted slogans, demanding the dismissal of the Left Front government in West Bengal over the Nandigram violence Wednesday.

The Lok Sabha, was adjourned twice earlier and witnessed acrimonious scenes as Chidambaram stood up to reply to the three-day-long budget discussion in the house. The FM attacked the opposition for being harsh on the budget, saying, "the harsher the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is, the brighter our economic future."

Immediately after passing the budget, vote on account, Appropriation Bill and the Banking Regulation (amendment) Bill, Lok Sabha was was adjourned till 3.30 p.m.

Chemical and Fertiliser Minister Ram Vilas Paswan moved the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (amendment) Bill, which was also passed amidst the din.


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Lok Sabha passes Budget