India, Feb. 1 -- Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday refused to comment on the Union Budget 2026 presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Asked by reporters outside parliament what he thought of the budget, Gandhi said he would use the house as a platform to share his views.

"I will speak tomorrow, using the platform provided by Parliament," Rahul Gandhi said.

The Congress leader was accompanied by his sister and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi, who also left without responding.

Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth straight budget on Sunday, with the government calling it a blueprint of reforms and vision for the second quarter of the 21st century.

In the Union Budget 2026-2027 speech, Sitharaman push...