New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was left red faced while presenting the budget for 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha Monday when he skipped two key paragraphs relating to the allocations for the minorities.

He realised this only after a note written on a piece of yellow paper was placed on the lectern before him. After glancing through the note, Mukherjee apologised and sought Speaker Meira Kumar's permission to re-visit the paragraphs he had skipped.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members tried to protest, but Mukherjee did not pay them any heed - and neither did the speaker.

Source: Indo-Asian News Service

India Budget 2009