'Blast, blast' budget turned out 'waste, waste': Stalin's 'reel CM' swipe at Vijay
Tamil Nadu's opposition leader M.K. Stalin criticized the TVK government's budget as a waste. He stated the budget repackaged old schemes and lacked new vision. The finance minister presented a budget aiming for a $1.5 trillion economy by 2031. Opposition parties also pointed out unfulfilled election promises and debt concerns. The budget included allocations for schools, higher education, and…
Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president M K Stalin launched a scathing attack on the TVK government's inaugural Budget on Wednesday, calling it a "waste" that regurgitated schemes from the previous DMK era without addressing people's concerns or fulfilling election promises. In a post on X, Stalin derided chief minister C Joseph Vijay as the "Reels CM" and asserted that the Budget lacked originality and vision.
Stalin stated that the Budget was "nothing more than a remake version of the Dravidian Model government's existing schemes" and accused the government of neglecting critical issues such as farmers' struggles, electricity tariff confusion, and the rising cost of living. The opposition leader lamented that the Budget offered no new long-term plans essential for the state's growth.
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