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Amid the tussle over language and Hindi imposition with the Centre, the Tamil Nadu government replaced the Devanagari rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its logo for the budget 2025-26 ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday stated that replacing the rupee symbol (₹) with the Tamil letters that form the sound “ru” – from “rupai” (rupees in Tamil ...

Screengrab (X/@mkstalin) The DMK government in Tamil Nadu on Thursday released the logo for its budget for the year 2025-26, which interestingly replaced the Indian Rupee symbol with a Tamil letter.

"By erasing it now, the DMK is not only rejecting a national symbol but also utterly disregarding the creative contribution of a Tamil youth," she said.