CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin Sunday defended the use of the Tamil letter ‘roo’ to denote rupee in his govt’s recently released budget logo, saying this was done to convey TN’s commitment to its language policy.
“We wanted to demonstrate our resolve in upholding TN’s language policy. But those who dislike Tamil made this a big controversy,” Stalin said in a video message.
Taking a dig at Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Stalin pointed out that despite TN sending ‘hundreds of requests’ for financial aid, the minister remained silent. However, she chose to speak up when a Tamil letter was used in the state govt’s budget logo. Stalin said even in some of her posts, ‘roo’ had been used. “But when we do the same, it becomes a problem for them,” Stalin said, hitting out at BJP representatives. He also pointed out that the use of ‘Rs’ instead of rupee symbol was a common practice.
