Five-day Budget Session of Delhi Assembly likely to begin on a stormy note today

Delhi Assembly Budget Session 2025: Chief Minister presents budget, Opposition AAP to challenge BJP government over unfulfilled promises.

The Budget Session of the Delhi Assembly will commence on Monday (March 24, 2025) with the budget presentation by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who also holds the Finance portfolio, slated for Tuesday.

A general discussion on the budget will be held on March 26, with MLAs analysing financial allocations and policy initiatives. The Assembly will deliberate and vote on the proposed budget on March 27, said Speaker Vijender Gupta on Sunday.

As per the list of business for Monday, the House will debate on “water shortage, waterlogging, sewerage blockage, and desilting of drains in Delhi”.

The session, scheduled to be held till March 28, with provisions for an extension if required, is likely to be stormy. The Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is eager to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party government over failing to transfer ₹2,500 to women beneficiaries under the Mahila Samridhi Yojana on March 8 and provide free cylinders to poor families on Holi as promised in the run-up to the Assembly election. On the other hand, the treasury benches are likely to continue attacking AAP over the Comptroller and Auditor General reports tabled on various issues.

“Instead of implementing the promised [women’s aid] scheme, the BJP government has conveniently formed a three-member committee, a clear tactic to indefinitely shelve the scheme without any real intention of fulfilling its commitment,” AAP said in a statement.

“AAP will ensure that this betrayal is exposed in the Assembly and that the BJP is held accountable for misleading the people,” it added.

The Chief Minister had held pre-budget consultations with various stakeholders including women, youth, and slum dwellers, and called it a “people’s budget”.