Tamil Nadu on Thursday changed the rupee symbol (Re) in promotional update for the 2025/26 nation budget – for you to be given Friday morning – with a Tamil letter (Ru). Posters for ultimate year’s finances included the Re symbol. The Tamil Nadu Replaces Rupee Symbol and this change highlighted after CM MK Stalin shared the new post on X.
The selection to switch out the forex symbol comes amid the ruling DMK’s fight with the BJP-led centre over ‘Hindi imposition’ through the new National Education Policy’s 3-language push. There has been no formal notice from the Tamil Nadu authorities, to date, on this change.
Tamil Nadu Replaces Rupee Symbol
However, the party unit spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy told NDTV the flow amounted to the DMK pronouncing it’s far “different from India”. It accused it of looking to divert attention from screw ups. The BJP’s state unit boss, K Annamalai, who is spearheading a door-to-door marketing campaign in the country. It is to drum up guide for the 3-language formulation, slammed the Chief Minister.
In an X post of his personal Mr Annamalai pointed out the Re image (followed by the united states in July 2010) designed by son of a former DMK MLA.
DMK vs BJP On Hindi Row
The large image right here, though, is the ‘language struggle’ between the DMK and the BJP. It led significant government over the National Education Policy, or NEP. It mandates amongst other contentious factors, students in Class VIII and above to study a 3rd language from a listing of 22 that consists of Hindi.
The Tamil Nadu Replaces Rupee Symbol and objected to the third language requirement. It pointing to the current language policy – under which students taught Tamil and English – as having served the state – the 2nd-largest contributor to the Indian economic system – well enough.
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