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National Democratic Alliance (NDA)

Finance Minister leaves for Parliament to present Budget 2021

The Budget is in a series of three-four mini Budgets presented during last year considering the pandemic. This would be Sitharaman's third Budget under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

NDA again

Then there is the fact that JD(U) has come in third in terms of numbers, well behind its principal opponent the RJD and its erstwhile junior partner, the BJP. The fact that a non-NDA, non-Mahagathbandhan grouping of the AIMIM, BSP plus sundries cut into what the Opposition alliance believed were votes which otherwise would have come into its kitty, especially in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region, also played a role in keeping the NDA’s nose ahead.