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Tamil Nadu: Amid massive language row with centre DMK replaces rupee symbol in budget

  • The Tamil Nadu government replaced the official rupee symbol with the Tamil letter 'ரு' in its budget logo for 2025-26, marking a significant political stance against the National Education Policy's three-language formula.
  • Chief Minister M K Stalin accused the Central government of promoting Hindi and called the National Education Policy a 'saffron policy' aimed at Hindi promotion, rejecting it outright.
  • Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman criticized the move, stating it promotes secessionist sentiments and undermines national unity, branding it as language chauvinism.
  • A DMK spokesperson clarified that the replacement aims to promote the Tamil language, emphasizing the historical use of 'Rupaai' in Tamil Nadu.
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Tamil Nadu Budget 2025: Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu today presented the fifth Budget of the present DMK regime for 2025-26. Thennarasu presented the Budget amid chaos by the Opposition members.  While presenting the Budget, Thennarasu said that one lakh new houses will be constructed at a budget outlay of Rs 3,500 crore under the ‘Kalaignar Kanavu Illam Thittam’ scheme. The Finance Minister said that the state's 2025-26 Budget…

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Tamil Nadu: Amid massive language row with centre DMK replaces rupee symbol in budget

Further escalating the row with the NDA-led Centre, the DMK government in Tamil Nadu on Thursday released the logo for its budget for the year 2025-26, which replaced the Indian Rupee symbol with a Tamil letter. TN Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu is scheduled to table the budget for 2025-26 on Friday. Watch to know more!

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Tamil Nadu Replaces Rupee Symbol "Designed By Tamilian". How He Reacted

The designer of the rupee symbol has reacted to the controversy over the Tamil Nadu government replacing the sign with the Tamil letter "Ru" in promotional material for the state budget. D Udaya Kumar, a design expert who had visualized the Rs symbol as part of a contest back in 2009, spoke to NDTV over the controversy after the state BJP chief flagged a Tamilian had designed the symbol, to target the state's DMK government. Mr Kumar said he was…

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Rupee symbol change signifies protest against policies of Union government: DMK spokesperson

DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai said that the aim behind the usage of Tamil symbol 'Ru' in place of ₹ was to signify the protest of the state against the policies of the Union government.

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Nirmala Sitharaman's 'secessionist sentiment' dig at DMK over rupee symbol move

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attacked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin over the official rupee symbol switch in the state Budget document, saying it "promoted secessionist sentiments under the pretence of regional pride".

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NEP Showdown: Hindi vs Tamil; MK Stalin Led-DMK Govt Changes Rupee Symbol With Tamil Letter in Budget Logo

Intensifying the language tussle with the Centre, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday replaced the Devanagari rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its logo for the budget 2025-26, in an unprecedented move signalling its unrelenting stance against the three-language formula under the NEP. NEP Showdown: Hindi vs Tamil; MK Stalin Led-DMK Govt Changes Rupee Symbol With Tamil Letter in Budget Logo.

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Mathrubhumi broke the news in Kerala, India on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
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