Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar claimed the state contributed Rs 48,000 crore to the central kitty in the form of GST, but it got only Rs 5,000 crore in the Union Budget for 2022-23, which he said, reads like an election manifesto with no relief for middle class tax payers.

In a statement issued after the budget was presented in Parliament, Pawar, who is also the state's finance minister, said injustice has been done to Maharashtra, ruled by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance. The senior NCP leader also criticized various budget proposals. "It seems the Union government has decided to continue its tradition of neglecting Maharashtra in its budgetary provisions like the previous ones. Maharashtra contributed to the tune of Rs 48,000 crore to the Union government's total collection of Rs 2.20 lakh crore (so far) in the current fiscal (2021-22).