CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister Vinoth drew criticism on Saturday (August 1) after taking a copy of the State's Agriculture Budget to the Tirumala temple in Tirupati for blessings ahead of the Assembly session scheduled to begin on August 5.
Among those who criticised the minister was CPI(M) MP Su Venkatesan, who questioned the decision in a post on X.
He said budget documents were "neither offerings to the divine nor spiritual items" but political and constitutional documents that explain how taxpayers' money is proposed to be spent.
Venkatesan further said that turning political documents into offerings based on individual religious beliefs was unconstitutional.