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Members of the Opposition Congress party led by former chief minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday staged a walkout from the Madhya Pradesh Assembly in protest against the price hike in the domestic and commercial LPG cylinders.

Devda presented the state’s first ever paperless budget ahead of the December 2023 polls.

The total appropriation amount for 2023-24 budget is ₹ 3,14,024.84 crore which is 12 percent more than the previous year.

Speaking to ANI, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Chief Kamal Nath lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government for the budget proposals.

Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jagdish Devda presented a budget of a total Rs 3,14,025 crores for welfare of the state amid ruckus created by the opposition Congress leaders over LPG price hike on Wednesday.

"Even PM Modi termed this budget well-balanced and in favour of poor people," said CM Chouhan quoting PM in interview to PTI.

The goal of this budget is to give new power, new direction, and trust to the women, youth, farmers, poor and general people: MP Finance Minister Jagdish Devda

With the Madhya Pradesh government presenting the state budget on Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president VD Sharma termed it as a pro-farmer budget and accused the previous Congress governments of making farmers defaulters.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. While presenting the budget the finance minister Devda said, "The budget of our government will establish a new dimension of prosperity and development in the state in the Amrit Kaal. The goal of this budget is to give new power, new direction and trust to the women, youth, farmers, poor and general people." India News | MP: Finance Minister Jagdish Devda Presents Budget of Rs 3,14,025 Crores for Welfare of State.

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