Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets President ahead of Budget speech

NEW DELHI: (Feb 1) Ahead of presenting her ninth consecutive Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu.

As per established tradition, the finance minister met the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan before heading to Parliament.

Sitharaman posed with her Budget team in front of her office at Kartavya Bhavan. Wearing a magenta-coloured Tamil Nadu's Kanchivaram saree, she was holding a tablet in a red pouch with the national emblem, along with the Minister of State and all six secretaries in her ministry.