Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2024 look: White and violet this time; a look at her sarees over the years
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is known for her attraction towards Indian textiles, wore a white saree with violet border on Budget Day that was will be presented today at 11 am.
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#WATCH | Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman heads to Rashtrapati Bhavan to call on President Murmu, ahead of Budget presentation at 11am in Parliament pic.twitter.com/V4premP8lL
— ANI (@ANI) July 23, 2024
This will also mark her seventh consecutive budget, eclipsing late Moraji Desai’s record of six consecutive budgets.
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Here’s a look at the sarees she wore over the years
In February 2024, Nirmala Sitharaman opted for a blue-cream coloured tussar silk saree with kantha handiwork. Prior to that in 2023, the finance minister had worn a traditional temple border saree. Since she took over as the Finance Minister in 2019, she has been actively promoting traditional handlooms. Her sartorial choice from the current and previous budget sessions proves that she is a staunch supporter of handwoven fabrics.
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When presenting her first budget in 2019, Sitharaman wore a plain pink Mangalgiri saree with a gold border. She made headlines by breaking the colonial tradition of bringing ledger papers in a briefcase, opting instead to carry the Budget documents in a traditional ‘bahi khata’.
In 2020, Sitharaman chose a vibrant yellow-gold silk saree, a color symbolizing prosperity and sacred significance. For the 2021 Budget Day, she wore a red and off-white silk Pochampally sari with ikat patterns and a green border. In 2022, she opted for a rust and maroon Bomkai saree, a traditional handloom fabric from the Sonepur district of Odisha.
