DMK vs Centre: Stalin govt replaces Rupee symbol in budget logo with Tamil letter, draws BJP’s ire

Extra escalating the row with the NDA-led Centre, the DMK government in Tamil Nadu on Thursday released the emblem for its price range for the three hundred and sixty five days 2025-26, which replaced the Indian Rupee symbol with a Tamil letter. TN Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu is scheduled to table the associated rate range for 2025-26 on Friday.

The emblem carried ‘ru’, the first letter of the Tamil be conscious ‘Rubaai’ which denotes the Indian currency in the vernacular language. The circulation seen the advise BJP hit out at the MK Stalin-led occasion. The emblem also had the caption “the total lot for all,” indicating at what the ruling DMK claims is its inclusive model of governance.

However, the circulation turn out to be slammed by BJP TN chief Okay Annamalai. “The DMK Government’s Recount Funds for 2025-26 replaces the Rupee Image designed by a Tamilian, which turn out to be adopted by the total of Bharat and integrated into our Currency.”

“Thiru Udhay Kumar, who designed the emblem, is the son of a veteran DMK MLA. How dreary are you able to switch out to be, Thiru @mkstalin?,” he talked about in a social media put up.

He also shared the emblem of the 2024-25 TN price range that had the Indian rupee symbol. The improvement comes amidst the language row between the Centre and Tamil Nadu, with the latter alleging Hindi imposition by the Union government, a price denied by the latter.

With agency inputs