Hyderabad, March 20 -- The Communist Party of India (CPI) MLA Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao criticised the Telangana Budget presented in the Assembly, calling it a "mixed budget" with no newness and alleging that priority sectors like education and health have not been given importance.

Speaking to ANI on Friday, the CPI MLA said the budget has not allocated adequate funds for education and health and demanded proper allocation for the sectors.

"That budget, it is nothing. We call it a mixed budget because there's no newness. Last year, what kind of figures they have given. They just inflated the figures. If we go into the deep, education is not given priority. General demand is 20 per cent of the budget must be given for education, whereas t...