India, March 8 -- Punjab Congress leaders on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government's budget, describing it as a wrap-up of lies and a desperate attempt at headline-management that ignores the state's fiscal reality.

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and leader of the opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa both slammed the long-awaited announcement of a Rs.1,000 monthly stipend for women, labelling it "too little, too late".

They argued that since the AAP swept the 2022 assembly elections on this guarantee, women are entitled to four years of arrears amounting to Rs.48,000 each. Warring likened the move to a "post-dated cheque" with no clear commencement date, while Bajwa questioned w...