Budget 2023: Rs 5,300 crore for the Upper Bhadra irrigation project for poll-bound Karnataka

The Bharatiya Janata Party was so focussed on North Karnataka that even while delivering the Union Budget on Wednesday, finance minister Nirmal Sitharaman presented it in a traditional maroon Ilkal handloom saree complete with the famous Navalagund Kasooti embroidery, a craft that is famous from the region. She also announced a grant of Rs 5,300 crore for the Upper Bhadra irrigation project for poll-bound Karnataka, which would benefit…