Punjab Budget 2026-27: Nothing but a pack of lies ! The last budget of the AamAadmiParty has betrayed the farmers, youth, poor, trade & industry, govt employees & even Women on #InternationalWomensDay ! Finance minister HarpalCheemaMLA has lied by claiming that speedy compensation has been given to farmers while they still wait for it 7 months after devastating floods hit the State. Similarly a cruel joke has been played on farmers by allocating Rs 15 crore for crop diversification. The Finance minister has allocated Rs 1,220 crore for the entire Medical Education & Research dept but forgot to allocate any money for the 7 new Medical Colleges proposed by him! In another fraud on Punjabis a Rangla Punjab Vikas Scheme has been floated to transfer Rs 1,170 crore to AAP MLAs for their constituencies. This is sheer loot of the State exchequer as this money will be misutilised by the MLAs. Even Rs 2,000 crore allocated for the Rs 10 lakh health insurance scheme is a gimmick as more than Rs 10,000 crore is needed to fund the scheme meant for population above 3 crore. The AAP govt has even defrauded WOMEN on International Women’s Day by making it clear that it will not give a single rupee out of the Rs 48,000 due to each of them (till now) as part of the Rs 1000 per month allowance promised to them. The scheme has been truncated, many sections excluded & only Rs 9,300 crore earmarked for it when the outlay should have been more than Rs 60,000 crore. Youth have got NOTHING from this govt. The Rs 3,000 per month unemployment allowance remains a pipe dream. No money has been allocated for implementing the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for employees or giving any incentive to the trade and industry.