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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: What Finance Minister TM Thomas Isaac presented in the Assembly was not a state budget but a district budget for Alappuzha, BJP MLA O Rajagopal has alleged. He was speaking at the Secretariat blockade organised by the party’s district unit to protest the alleged neglect shown towards the capital district in the state budget. However, the state budget has totally ignored the capital district,” Rajagopal said. Apart from the development works in the capital using the Union government’s assistance, the LDF government has done nothing for the capital, BJP district president VV Rajesh said. OBC Morcha state president Punchakkari Surendran and SC Morcha state president P Sudheer were also present..