The opposition Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) on Tuesday said the interim budget for FY 2024-25 presented in the Maharashtra Assembly by the Eknath Shinde government was supposed to be for the next four months, but it was presented as a full budget keeping in mind the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Party`s state president Jayant Patil said the budget was also an attempt by the Shiv Sena-BJP-NCP government to shore up its declining popularity, newswire PTI reported. "An interim budget is supposed to be for the next four months, but the government has presented a budget like it is a full-budget. The budget has been prepared by keeping the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in mind," claimed Patil, a former state finance minister.