Shashi Tharoor asks what's in Budget 2026 for Kerala? - ‘Heard fishermen, coconuts - that could be Kerala’

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has reacted to the 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 an 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 perhaps there are more details in the budget document. I have yet to read it. There were very few details in the speech though,” the Congress MP said. Also Read | What indirect tax measures FM Sitharaman announced? Check full list He asserted that the biggest ...