Putrajaya is less well off after it allocated over RM600 billion for Budget 2021 and several stimulus packages to help Malaysians affected by Covid-19, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.
"So much money has been spent last year and this year. Why? For Covid-19. This included various stimulus packages totalling RM340 billion and RM322 billion allocation for the national budget.
"I went to school, but I am not good at calculation... how much it adds up... it's more than RM600 billion - that's a big sum of money.
"What I am trying to say here is, we don't have much money left," he told the Sikh community at a Vaisakhi celebration in Petaling Jaya this afternoon.
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