New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union Finance Nirmala Sitharaman reached Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet President Droupadi Murmu ahead of Union Budget 2026 presentation on Sunday.

Earlier, Sitharaman posed carrying her trademark 'digital bahi-khata', a tablet wrapped in a red-coloured cloth bearing a golden-coloured national emblem on it.

Sitharaman is set to present her ninth consecutive Union Budget, which will see her equal former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's record and surpass that of Pranab Mukherjee. Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai continues to hold the record for presenting the most Union Budgets in independent India.

According to the Lok Sabha List of Business, the House will meet at 11 am.

Sitharaman will present a statement of the ...