Palaniswami urges Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to release white paper on T.N.’s financial position

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AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami.

AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami.

AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami connected Saturday urged Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to merchandise a elaborate achromatic insubstantial connected the fiscal presumption of the State authorities and the companies functioning nether it and the borrowings availed by them.

In a station connected X, helium alleged that the DMK authorities had truthful acold availed itself of marketplace borrowings to the tune of ₹4.50 lakh crore. “This shows that the Chief Minister M.K. Stalin-led authorities has failed successful each aspects including fiscal management,” Mr. Palaniswami alleged, and urged the DMK authorities to instantly trim its borrowings and instrumentality cost-saving measures.

The Leader of the Opposition said portion the State Budget for 2025-26 had estimated a gross shortage of ₹41,635 crore, it had already touched ₹25,686 crore successful the archetypal 5 months of the fiscal, according to figures from the Comptroller and Auditor-General.

“While the superior expenditure has been estimated astatine ₹57,271 crore, lone ₹9,899 crore has been spent. Given factors specified arsenic the monsoon play and election, it is simply a large question people whether the DMK authorities volition scope its superior expenditure target. Tamil Nadu is simply a apical borrowing State, contempt the State authorities gross expanding from hike successful spot tax, registration fees, energy charges, among others,” helium added.

Published - September 28, 2025 01:06 americium IST

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