India, March 9 -- BJP state president Sunil Jakhar and party's Punjab Mahila Morcha president Jai Inder Kaur underscored the debt crisis and sought Rs.48,000 for every woman, highlighting that the AAP government had made the promise regarding Rs.1,000 per month during its campaign for the 2022 elections.

Jakhar said the budget would land the state into an even deeper debt crisis. Talking to reporters in Moga where he oversaw the preparations for the forthcoming rally to be addressed by Union home minister Amit Shah on March 14, Jakhar questioned where the money would come from to fund the promises made in the budget.

"Schemes launched by the Mann government to buy votes without creating sources of revenue will increase the state's debt ...