<h1>Middle class relief framed as central policy basis, with the Budget presented as guarantee for targeted welfare and jobs.</h1> Prime Minister presented the Union Budget as delivering middle class relief and as the BJP's policy basis for electoral appeal, tying Budget measures to welfare promises for salaried employees, women, senior citizens, youth and farmers and stressing employment generation and guarantees of delivery; he contrasted this with allegations of corruption and misgovernance by the incumbent city government and used the Budget as an electoral commitment platform.