FM Sitharaman delivers a 160-minute comprehensive budget speech, cuts short feeling unwell

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday cut short her Budget speech as she felt unwell after speaking for a record 160 minutes in Lok Sabha. Sitharaman h only two ps of her Budget speech unre when she appeared uneasy and was seen wiping sweat from her forehe.

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She was offered candies by her ministerial colleagues, but that did t help and she opted to discontinue speech asking Speaker Om Birla to consider remaining part of her speech as re. This was longest Budget speech by any finance minister. She broke her own record of a 2-hour-17-minute-long maiden Budget speech in July 2017.

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Finance Minister later laid budget documents and demand for grants for next financial year in Rajya Sabha. Upper House, which met around 1:30 pm for tabling of budget documents, was journed as her speech was still continuing in Lok Sabha.

Rajya Sabha met again at 1:55 pm but was again journed for 10 minutes as Sitharaman reached late. When she arrived in upper house, many members approached her and were seen asking her wellbeing. After laying of papers, Chairman Venkaiah Naidu journed House till Monday.