Union Budget 2026: Partnership or pre-poll sweetener? Tamil Nadu’s fiscal face-off with the Centre

Budget 2026: As the Union Budget 2026 approaches, Tamil Nadu faces a political tug-of-war. The DMK alleges fiscal step-motherly treatment and political budgeting by New Delhi. The BJP-AIADMK alliance refutes these claims, pointing to DMK's alleged mismanagement and highlighting recent development projects. The state's demands for the budget focus on metro funding, Tamil language allocation, and railway projects.