New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has reacted to Union Budget 2026, suggesting that there was no mention of Kerala anywhere in the speech except for "coconuts and fishermen". Demanding to know what's in the budget for the state, Shashi Tharoor said that any announcement on All India Institute of Ayurveda was awaited but there was none in Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech.

"Where is All India Institute of Ayurveda. Where is it? We wanted this in Kerala. We have had a long tradition of Ayurveda. But we didn't hear Kerala's name. We heard the names of fishermen and coconuts - that could be Kerala."

"But when they spoke of ship repair, they mentioned Varanasi and Patna names but not Kerala. This is a little surprising. But pe...