Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) chief Okay. Annamalai on Thursday slammed Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin after his authorities changed the Indian rupee image (₹) within the official state price range brand with a Tamil letter for “Ru,” saying that the image was designed by a Tamilian and it was adopted by all the nation. The most recent transfer by the Stalin authorities may escalate the continued language row within the state. Within the Tamil language, Rubai means rupee, thus Ru is a substitution for the rupee.

Attacking Stalin over the choice, Annamalai stated, “How silly are you able to turn into?” “The DMK Authorities’s State Funds for 2025-26 replaces the Rupee Image designed by a Tamilian, which was adopted by the entire of Bharat and included into our Forex. Thiru Udhay Kumar, who designed the image, is the son of a former DMK MLA.How silly are you able to turn into, Thiru @mkstalin?,” he stated in a publish on X.

The DMK Authorities’s State Funds for 2025-26 replaces the Rupee Image designed by a Tamilian, which was adopted by the entire of Bharat and included into our Forex.

Thiru Udhay Kumar, who designed the image, is the son of a former DMK MLA.

How silly are you able to turn into,… pic.twitter.com/t3ZyaVmxmq
— Okay.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) March 13, 2025

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister, Thangam Thennarasu, introduced the state price range for 2025-26 within the Legislative Meeting on Friday, March 14. Earlier, Tamil Nadu CM MK shared on X a teaser to the state price range highlighting the ‘Dravidian Mannequin’ and ‘TNBudget2025’ hashtags.

Stalin is main the opposition protest on the difficulty and has even termed the NEP a ‘saffron coverage.’ Now, the Tamil Nadu BJP president, Okay. Annamalai, has hit again on the ruling DMK minister whereas sharing a video of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who hails from Madurai.

Tamil Nadu leaders have persistently opposed NEP, arguing that it imposes a one-size-fits-all training mannequin that doesn’t align with the state’s insurance policies and linguistic heritage. The DMK authorities has additionally refused to simply accept the Centre’s alleged “arm-twisting” ways of withholding funds to drive the adoption of NEP-aligned schemes.