Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray Tuesday said the Maharashtra interim budget is full of assurances with an eye on upcoming elections and termed it pro-contractor. "There is no clarity on what happened to the announcements made in last year's budget," Thackeray told reporters.

He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had performed bhoomi poojan for a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj memorial, but the project has seen little progress.