Opposition parties in Maharashtra have claimed that the annual budget presented by the deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar is hollow. The Opposition slammed the state government for not increasing the monthly financial aid to women beneficiaries under the Ladki Bahin Yojana and also not declaring the farm loan waiver as promised in the poll manifesto. Former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray claimed the Budget was bogus as it has failed to fulfil the welfare promises made during assembly election. State Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal remarked: \”There is financial indiscipline in the state, with a debt of more than eight lakh crore rupees and expenditure is more than income. The BJP coalition government, which says Maharashtra will not stop now, seems to be putting the state in debt and driving it into bankruptcy.” He added that the government has not made any provision for the Marathwada Watergrid project adding that the finance minister has not announced when the river linking projects will be launched.