The Congress party Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he delivers his “usual hypocrisy-laden message to the nation” before the beginning of each Budget session and that “today’s performance is part of this series”, news agency PTI reported. He will suddenly have Bills introduced at the last minute and bulldozed through Parliament without the necessary legislative scrutiny. “This session itself is a very important one—it is the Budget Session. He also praised Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of the Budget session, saying, “This is the first budget of the second quarter of this century. Finance Minister Nirmala ji is the country’s first woman Finance Minister who is presenting the budget in Parliament for the ninth consecutive time.