DMK MP and the party’s Parliamentary party leader, Baalu, said the MPs from alliance parties, including the Congress have been requested to join them in the national capital.The DMK said that in the interim budget, there was no announcement on Tamil Nadu’s representation seeking relief to the tune of about Rs 37,000 crore following the cyclone, unprecedented rains and flood in December 2023.”Also, there was no announcement in the interim budget on fund allocation for Tamil Nadu’s development projects, including establishment of the AIIMS in Madurai,” the DMK said.The Left government in Kerala, which has been blaming the Centre for the state’s financial woes, had in its budget attacked the Union government stating that it was pushing the southern state towards the worst financial crisis in its history.The UDF had declined to take part in the protest by saying it does not agree with the Left narrative blaming the Centre for all of the state’s financial problems.Top Congress leaders from Karnataka, led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Wednesday held a protest in Delhi against the Centre over alleged injustice to the southern state in devolution of taxes, sparking a fierce slugfest between the party and the Narendra Modi government.
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