Hyderabad, March 21 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA and former finance minister T Harish Rao on Friday described the state budget as a "big lie," and alleged that the state government failed to honour pre-election promises.

"The document may be longer by 20 pages compared to previous budgets, but there are no proper allocations for the promised schemes," he told reporters after the budget was announced.

The BRS leader further alleged that the Congress government had cut 300,000 pensions while promising to provide 200,000 new ones. He demanded immediate implementation of the Rs.2,500 aid promised to women.

Earlier, BRS MLAs staged a protest demonstration at Gun Park, alleging that the state government had failed to implement its six guara...