New Delhi, 2 FEB

As the campaigning for the Delhi Assembly polls enters its last leg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Union Budget has brought cheer to every average household even as he called it the "most middle class friendly budget in India's history".

Addressing an election rally in RK Puram here, the prime minister reiterated his poll slogan of "Modi ki guarantee" and played up the pro-middle class provisions in the Budget which Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented on Saturday.

He said "never since India's Independence have those with annual earnings up to Rs 12 lakh received such a huge relief. The middle class is saying that this is the most friendly Budget for them in India's history".

Modi said to the crowds: "Entire Delhi is now saying -- ab ki baar", and the gathering chanted, "Modi sarkar".

The prime minister later in a post on X, said, "Delhiites trust only the BJP because it does what it says. It is clear from the huge crowd that gathered in RK Puram that the 'Lotus' will bloom in Delhi." Lotus is BJP's poll symbol.

Slamming the Aam Aadmi Party government in the capital for its alleged false promises and corruption, he said its policies have led to closing of factories, adding that those who have looted people will have to account for it.

He cited examples of previous Congress regimes, where they would have to pay a large chunk of their incomes back to the government as income tax.