CHENNAI: Two Dravidian majors — the ruling DMK and the principal opposition AIADMK — struck the same note on Saturday in their attack on the BJP-led government, both alleging that Tamil Nadu was ignored in the Union Budget 2025-26.
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.
