The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has launched a sharp attack on the Union Budget 2026 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, calling it a package of “imaginary assurances” that merely replaces unfinished promises with distant projections for 2047, reported news agency IANS.

Market reaction exposes gap between claims and reality

In an editorial published in the party mouthpiece Saamana, the Thackeray faction said that despite the government’s claims of strong economic performance over the past 12 years, the immediate reaction to the Finance Minister’s 85-minute budget speech exposed a starkly different reality.