Nagpur, March 9 -- Maharashtra Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday slammed the Mahayuti government over the state budget, calling the farmer loan waiver scheme a "pretence".

Speaking to reporters in Nagpur, Wadettiwar accused the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis-led government of "looting" Maharashtra.

"There is no budget to discuss. The government has nothing in this budget except benefiting the industrialists and the pretence of a loan waiver. The state government has to pay interest of Rs 67,000 crore. The loot of Maharashtra is going on," the Congress leader said.

Presenting the state budget on March 6, Chief Minister and state Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a farm loan waiver scheme under which eligible farmers w...