AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday, February 19, 2024, dismissed the Tamil Nadu State Budget 2024 as a “mirage”, and said it would not benefit anyone.
Clarifying that he would issue a detailed statement later on the Budget, Mr Palaniswami told journalists that though the present DMK government had been getting higher revenues than the AIADMK regime had, the Budget did not have either new welfare schemes for people or any announcements regarding development projects.
The AIAMDK leader contended that the current regime had scrapped many welfare schemes of the previous regime such as the distribution of laptops and mangalasutras with gold for women. “Though they spend less than we did, they are still borrowing money,” Mr Palaniswami observed, referring to the projected outstanding debt of ₹8,33,361.80 crore at the end of the year 2024-25.
