Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Party in Lok Sabha-Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan, TMC MP Derek O'Brien in the Parliament as the INDIA bloc protest against 'discriminatory' Union Budget 2024. Leaders of INDIA bloc protest against 'discriminatory' Union Budget 2024, demand equal treatment to all States, in Parliament.

Congress President and Leader of Party Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge told media, "This budget is just to satisfy their allies... They have given nothing to anyone."

Speaking during protest, Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala says, "... This is a 'kursi bachao budget', 'satta bachao budget', 'badla lo budget'. More than 90% people of the country have been isolated with this budget... Modi government is focussed only on saving the BJP government."

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan says, "This budget doesn't deserve a reaction. This is just a drama. Promises which will be kept in papers will not be implemented."

RJD MP Misa Bharti says, "... CM Nitish Kumar and JDU had a demand that Bihar should get the status of a special state, what did they get? He has just been given a 'jhunjhuna' and 'lollipop' by the Prime Minister so that he continues to be the Prime Minister... There is nothing for the youth and the middle class. There was no mention of employment. It is a copy-pasted and repackaged budget... Bihar Legislative elections are coming up and this budget allocation is just an electoral announcement..."

RSP MP NK Premachandran says, " There has been total discrimination against some states. Bihar and Andhra Pradesh have been allocated so many projects. In a parliamentary democracy, giving a boost to some states which are giving support to govt is against the spirit of the Consitution."

On INDIA bloc protest against Union Budget, Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav says, "Forget about giving anything to Uttar Pradesh, it was not even named (in the Budget)...To save the government, they are giving funds to some and ignoring the others."

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant says, "This budget is for 'Ladla Bihar, Ladla Andhra Pradesh and Ladla Odisha. Andhra Pradesh had asked for a special package but their mouth was shut by giving Rs 15,000 crore to the state..."

Congress MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring says," We are protesting for justice to Punjab today. Andhra Pradesh and Bihar have been allocated everything...Flood assistance was also not given to Punjab. Punjab did not give even one seat to BJP and this is the reason the state has been ignored."

RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal says, "Rajasthan wasn't even mentioned in the Union Budget...The youth and the farmers felt hopeless after the Budget. The doubling of farmers' income was not talked about in the Budget. We are not protesting against the states which have got special package but even Rajasthan should have been given a special package."