Chennai Mar 25 PTI The Tamil Nadu budget for 2022 - 23 has not offered any relief for the common man as it has failed to announce any subsidy to reduce the price of LPG cylinder petrol and diesel State BJP chief K Annamalai said on Friday The decision of the DMK government in the State to alter the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Memorial Marriage Assistance Scheme into a higher education assurance scheme denies young girls a substantial sum as assistance besides a sovereign gold for their wedding he said Girls will not get Rs 25000 or Rs 50000 depending on their educational qualification Moreover the marriage assistance in addition to one-sovereign gold for thali is low and the government has wound up this social welfare scheme Annamalai said while addressing his partymen during a protest here against the State budget The transformation of the scheme would only provide a meagre Rs 1000 per month to girl students to pursue higher education he said Though the budget allocated Rs 36895 crore for the Department of School Education 84 per cent of it would go towards salaries leaving a measly sum for improving infrastructure of government schools he said Annamalai alleged that the budget reflected several central schemes of the Narendra Modi-led government like Skill India Samagra Shiksha one station one product and rural road development programme Schemes like the Naan Mudhalvan Illam Thedi Kalvi and rural road development were nothing but the Skill India Samagra Shiksha and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana And the DMK government takes pride in its model of development said the BJP leader He sought to know why Chief Minister M K Stalin should not join hands with the BJP-led government in implementing all the central schemes in the State Theres no need for a separate budget for Tamil Nadu if you implement all the central schemes Annamalai said Also he alleged that the ruling DMK was trying to display a show of affinity to Hindus by announcing Rs 1000 crore for kumbhabhishekam consecration and renovating temples PTI JSP NVG NVG
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