Union Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman does away with traditional briefcase, carries red bahi khata 'symbolising Indian tradition'
Fp Staff • .Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman bucked the briefcase trend and carried a reg bag instead for her maiden Budget which is to be tabled in the Parliament at 11 am. Sitharaman, who is the first woman finance minister in the last 45 years, reached Parliament and met with President Ram Nath Kovind as per tradition.
