As Union government gave ‘nothing’ to Tamil Nadu in Budget, NDA should be given a ‘zero’ in polls: CM Stalin

DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said connected Saturday (February 7, 2026) that Tamil Nadu should springiness “zero”-seat tally to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) successful the Assembly predetermination arsenic the BJP-led Union authorities had fixed “zero” to Tamil Nadu successful the Union Budget and did not fulfil the genuine demands of the State.

Addressing the South Zone DMK Youth Wing league adjacent Kariyapatti successful Virudhunagar district, Mr. Stalin said Tamil Nadu had been the ‘numero uno’ State successful the state successful each departments during the past five-year regularisation of the DMK. “It has been ranked fig 1 successful the Union government’s ratings and besides by nationalist and planetary magazines. Tamil Nadu’s advancement has nary parallel,” helium said.

However, Tamil Nadu has got thing successful the Union Budget, belying the anticipation that the poll-bound State would get immoderate benefits from the Union government. Mr. Stalin said each that Tamil Nadu demanded was much funds for catastrophe management, Metro Rail, drinking h2o schemes, and railway projects, support for the caller airdrome successful Hosur, 50% devolution of Central funds to the State, exemption from NEET, expedited operation of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences successful Madurai, and the committedness of not reducing the fig of Lok Sabha seats nether delimitation. But thing has been granted by the Union government. “They gave america zero. The BJP-led NDA should beryllium fixed zero successful the Assembly election, akin to what they got successful the 2024 Lok Sabha election,” Mr. Stalin said.

He ridiculed AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami for claiming that helium was the caput of the NDA successful the State. However, the BJP has made the AIADMK a subdivision of the nationalist party, and helium was not raising his dependable successful the involvement of Tamil Nadu, helium alleged.

Mr. Stalin besides criticised the AIADMK’s projected protestation against the DMK for preventing the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) scheme.

“Does Mr. Palaniswami adjacent cognize the sanction of this caller scheme? The Union authorities did not springiness [funds for providing] jobs adjacent for 50 days erstwhile the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme guaranteed jobs for 100 days. How volition the Union authorities guarantee that the jobs are fixed for 125 days arsenic promised, this erstwhile the States person been made to lend 40% of the funds [towards the scheme]?” helium asked.

The BJP that has tasted lone decision successful the State and the AIADMK, which has seen aggregate defeats, should not lone beryllium defeated again successful the upcoming Assembly predetermination but besides with a bigger borderline to marque the State much progressive, the Chief Minister added.