Tamil Nadu budget has no relief for the common man: BJP

Chennai: 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 25,000 or Rs 50,000 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 party during a protest here against the State budget.

The transformation of the scheme would only provide a meagre Rs 1,000 per month to girl students to pursue higher education, he said. Though the budget allocated Rs 36,895 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.