Chandigarh, March 2 -- Former Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has termed the Haryana Budget as "empty rhetoric," alleging that it lacked realism and offered no concrete relief to the people.
Reacting to the Budget on Monday, Hooda said the BJP government has pushed Haryana into a massive debt burden of about Rs 5.56 lakh crore.
According to the 2026-27 Budget, the state's internal debt stood at Rs 3,91,435 crore. Small savings liabilities are estimated at Rs 50,000 crore, liabilities of public sector enterprises at Rs 68,995 crore (as of 2025-26), and additional liabilities including pending electricity bills and subsidies at Rs 46,193 crore.
This takes the state's total debt to approximately Rs 5,56,623...