Centre gives a pittance to T.N. despite State ranking 2nd on economic front: CM

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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin distributing payment   assistance  astatine  Pelakuppam adjacent   Tindivanam connected  Wednesday.

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin distributing payment assistance astatine Pelakuppam adjacent Tindivanam connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: S.S. KUMAR

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Wednesday deed retired astatine the Union government, accusing it of giving a pittance to Tamil Nadu contempt the State doing good connected the economical front.

Tamil Nadu ranks 2nd successful the state connected the economical front. The State is the astir urbanised successful the state and has the astir fig of industries, helium said.

“We person been striving hard for the country’s improvement and the State requires caller highways, railway routes, Metro projects, among different infrastructural projects. Tamil Nadu is 1 of the large contributors of taxation gross to the Centre, yet the Union authorities gives america lone a pittance,” helium said.

‘No caller schemes’

Mr. Stalin said Tamil Nadu was not sanctioned immoderate caller schemes successful the Budget for the past 11 years. “Why? Perhaps, they [the BJP] deliberation that since Tamil Nadu would ballot against them, they should not allocate funds. This is the information and we volition look victorious,” helium said.

Mr. Stalin exuded assurance that the ‘Dravidian Model’ authorities 2.0 would regularisation the State again with the people’s support, featuring much schemes and ensuring that the State would proceed to pb the country.

Inaugurating 199 projects worthy ₹390.44 crore and laying the instauration chromatic for 24 caller projects worthy ₹254.29 crore astatine Tindivanam successful Villupuram district, Mr. Stalin said that portion the DMK authorities had been chalking retired schemes for the State’s development, the Union authorities had been consistently moving to obstruct Tamil Nadu’s growth.

The precocious presented Union Budget was the clearest proof, the Chief Minister said, reiterating that it offered thing to Tamil Nadu. The Centre had ignored the State’s long-pending demands and improvement needs, helium said.

Mr. Stalin said the BJP usually allocated funds to States during the predetermination year. This was the BJP’s tactic, and they allocated funds to Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha. But with Tamil Nadu, which was headed for the elections, the BJP avoided this stunt. This lone shows the level of hatred they person towards Tamil and Tamil Nadu, helium said.

New portal

Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated the portal of Unga Kanava Sollunga (http://enkanavu.tn.gov.in).

Under the programme, volunteers volition conscionable the wide public, person a database of their dreams that they privation fulfilled and grounds them digitally.

He besides distributed payment assistance to the tune of ₹43.75 crore to 13,879 beneficiaries.

Ministers M.R.K. Panneerselvam and C.V. Ganesan; Members of Parliament D. Ravikumar (Villupuram) and M.S. Tharaniventhan (Arani); erstwhile Ministers K. Ponmudy and Gingee K.S. Masthan; MLAs R. Lakshmanan, A.J. Manikannan and Anniyur Siva; and Collector Sheik Abdul Rahman were present.

Published - February 05, 2026 12:35 americium IST

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