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The moment Raje completed her budget speech, speculations kicked off in the assembly- Who will deliver the next budget speech?
Updated : Feb 13, 2018, 06:05 AM IST
This is the last budget of the chief minister Vasundhara Raje in the current tenure. The next budget is scheduled in 2019 after the assembly elections in November-December this year. The moment Raje completed her budget speech, speculations kicked off in the assembly- Who will deliver the next budget speech?
If BJP wins, then Raje is the natural answer. But the way Congress performed in the byelections, people have started looking at Congress also to form the next government. And if it happens, the race will be between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, given the practice that CM holds the finance portfolio as well in Rajasthan.
Vasundhara Raje held finance portfolio in both her terms while Gehlot was finance minister as well in his last tenure.