CHENNAI: The BJP state unit on Tuesday flayed the State’s Interim Budget, terming it an empty document and accusing the ruling DMK of financial mismanagement, broken promises and administrative indifference.
State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran dismissed the Budget outright. “What was presented today is not the DMK government’s interim budget, but a document of hollow pride. For people who have grown used to disappointment over the past five years, this too is nothing new. Change is not far away,” he said.
Senior BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan took a swipe at the timing of the presentation. “Claiming to be rationalists, they chose an auspicious hour on Amavasya to present the Interim Budget. The people who feel betrayed are calling this the DMK’s final Budget. After making false promises, raising all taxes and burdening people with debt, DMK ministers are unable to account for the money collected and are hiding behind the law,” she alleged.
BJP national general council member K Annamalai said the government had continued to mislead the public even in its concluding Budget. He accused the administration of ignoring sanitation workers seeking permanent jobs, teachers demanding equal pay, government doctors, and youth protesting alleged corruption in recruitment.
Annamalai questioned the State’s rising debt, citing government projections that Tamil Nadu’s total borrowings would touch Rs 10.62 lakh crore by March 31, 2027. “Why has the DMK borrowed such massive sums? Where has the money gone?” he asked in a statement.
He also accused the government of delaying the submission of a revised project report for metro rail projects in Coimbatore and Madurai while blaming the Centre for inaction. Further, he questioned allocations for cleaning the Cooum and Adyar rivers, saying funds announced in previous years had not translated into visible outcomes.