DMK, AIADMK united in attacking Centre for 'ignoring' TN

THE two Dravidian majors - the ruling DMK and the principal opposition AIADMK - struck the same note on Saturday in their attack on the BJP-led union government, both alleging that Tamil Nadu was ignored in the union budget for 2025-26 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

- T MURUGANANDHAM @Chennai

Chief Minister MK Stalin questioned the need to call it the "union" budget if funds and schemes are to be announced only for the states where elections are imminent or where the BJP or its allies are in power.

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami too said that, considering the forthcoming elections in Bihar, many developmental schemes have been announced only for that state. "Instead of calling this a union budget, it is better to call it the budget for Bihar since there are no special schemes for states like Tamil Nadu," he added.

Stalin, in his post on X, said despite Tamil Nadu placing numerous demands, the union government did not find it fit to include even one of them in the budget.

"Does the union budget always mean betrayal to Tamil Nadu? Even the name Tamil Nadu does not find a mention in it regularly," he said.