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MK Stalin's Tamil Nadu govt drops rupee symbol from budget, replaces it with symbol in Tamil amid three-language row
Mar-13-2025

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has replaced the rupee symbol with the Tamil letter for 'Ru' in the state budget logo. The development comes in the context of the MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government's opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the three-language policy. 

Tamil Nadu finance minister Thangam Thennarasu is scheduled to table the budget for 2025-26 on Friday. The logo carried 'ru', the first letter of the Tamil word 'Rubaai', which denotes the Indian currency in the vernacular language. The logo also had the caption ‘everything for all’, indicating at what the ruling DMK claims is its inclusive model of governance. It is worth noting that for the first time a state has changed the symbol of '₹'. 

Meanwhile, the BJP has strongly objected to this decision of the Stalin government. Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai said, ‘The DMK Government's State Budget for 2025-26 replaces the Rupee Symbol designed by a Tamilian, which was adopted by the whole of Bharat and incorporated into our Currency.’ ‘Thiru Udhay Kumar, who designed the symbol, is the son of a former DMK MLA. How stupid can you become, Thiru @mkstalin?’, he added. 

BJP IT cell chief also slammed the decision and said Chief minister MK Stalin is insulting Tamilians by dropping the ₹ sign from the Tamil Nadu Budget 2025-26 document. Just how ridiculous can one get?’. The Tamil Nadu government has not yet issued any official statement regarding this change.


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