Opening Day: Budget session

PM Manmohan Singh arrives during the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (AP/Sanjeev Rastogi)

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accompanied by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan K Bansal, gestures as he interacts with the media on the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI/Kamal Singh)

BJP MP Maneka Gandhi comes out after listening to the President's speech on the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh with Rajya Sabha member Javed Akhtar after the President's speech on the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (AP/Sanjeev Rastogi)

Noted lawyer and Rajya Sabha Member Ram Jethmalani comes out after listening to the President's speech on the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI/Kamal Singh)

AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi arrives at the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (AP/Sanjeev Rastogi)

Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Praful Patel with Congress leader Capt Satish Sharma after the President's speech on the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI/Kamal Singh)

NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas and CPI(M) leader B Karat arrive for the President's speech on the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI/Vijay Kumar Joshi)

Union Ministers Farooq Abdullah, Subodh Kant Sahay, BJP MP Rajnath Singh and other members after the President's address on the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI/Vijay Kumar Joshi)

Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy with BJP MP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain after the President's address on the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI/Vijay Kumar Joshi)

Young MPs Neeraj Singh, Anurag Thakur, Supriya Sule and Anu Tandon after the President's speech on the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI/Vijay Kumar Joshi)

BJP MP Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Congress MP Raj Babbar after the President's address on the opening day of the Budget session at Parliament House in New Delhi. (PTI/Vijay Kumar Joshi)