Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 1 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday questioned whether or not the Centre would make concrete bulletins for the state within the Union Budget 2026, taking the upcoming elections under consideration.
In a put up on X, Stalin listed a collection of calls for, asking whether or not the Budget would come with a Rs 3,548 crore training fund to assist the research of scholars who’ve been detained and never promoted, funding for Coimbatore and Madurai Metro Rail tasks, Rs 3,112 crore for the Jal Jeevan Mission, which Tamil Nadu is implementing successfully, new railway tasks, and a 50% share of the Centre’s tax income for states, as really useful by the Finance Commission.
‘UnionBudget2026: Will the next bulletins for Tamil Nadu be included, even when it is with the same old Thirukkural quotes, conserving the elections in thoughts? The 3,548 crore rupees training fund for the research of scholars who’ve been detained and held again with out promotion Coimbatore, Madurai Metro Rail, 3,112 crore rupees funding for the #JalJeevan scheme, which Tamil Nadu is implementing notably successfully, New railway tasks, 50% monetary sharing to states of the central authorities’s tax income, as really useful by the Finance Commission,’ the ‘X’ put up stated.
He added that the listing of calls for was longer and expressed hope that this time the bulletins for Tamil Nadu can be made with out fail. Stalin additionally burdened that these shouldn’t stay mere bulletins, citing the Madurai AIIMS for example, and demanded that tasks be carried out inside stipulated timelines with correct budgetary allocation.
‘There’s much more on the listing. Keeping the elections in thoughts, we hope that this time the bulletins for Tamil Nadu might be made with out fail. We additionally demand that they not find yourself as mere bulletins just like the Madurai #AIIMS, however be carried out inside the stipulated time with correct budgetary allocation,’ the ‘X’ put up added.
Meanwhile, DMK MP Kanimozhi stated the Centre must allocate substantial funds to Tamil Nadu, notably as elections method.
‘They should give plenty of funds to Tamil Nadu, truly with the elections in shut quarters, I hope they do one thing for Tamil Nadu,’ Kanimozhi advised reporters.
Tamil Nadu is about to enter elections within the first half of this yr.
Meanwhile, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman created historical past at present when she presents her ninth consecutive Union Budget. This achievement makes her the primary Finance Minister in India to ship 9 consecutive budgets, surpassing her personal file. (ANI)