"The TVK government's financial statement is nothing but an empty report that bears only the name of success, with no constructive schemes to improve people's standard of living or measures for alternative economic growth to reduce the state's financial burden," said Naam Tamilar Katchi coordinator Seeman.
In the post released by Seeman regarding the budget, "The financial statement for the year 2026-27, presented in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, is deeply disappointing. The fact that the financial statement has been prepared as an empty report, with no constructive objectives or plans for increasing the state's revenue, advancing new projects, fulfilling election promises, or improving people's standard of living, shows the TVK government's lack of financial administration and management."
It is shameful to have thrown out every promise that came to mind during the election campaign, and now to be standing aimlessly without any plan or purpose.
The TVK government has allocated ₹2,240 crore less to the School Education Department than what was set aside in the previous 2025-26 budget. In addition, it has also allocated ₹100 crore less to the Higher Education Department. The Industries Development Department has been allocated ₹1,419 crore less, the Handloom Department ₹302 crore less, and the Water Resources Department ₹196 crore less.
Moreover, it has also reduced the allocation for the power sector by as much as Rs. 5,350 crore. In this way, it is clear that cutting funding for crucial sectors such as education, power, industrial development, handlooms, and water resources will take Tamil Nadu toward a major administrative decline. Increasing and allocating only a small amount of additional funding—Rs. 30 crore more for the Labour Welfare Department, Rs. 50 crore more for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Department, and Rs. 13 crore more for the Social Justice Department—is not sufficient!
By not mentioning any announcement in this budget regarding the promises made in TVK’s election manifesto—such as the Rs. 2,500 women’s rights allowance, depositing money for 6 gas cylinders per year into bank accounts, Rs. 4,000 financial assistance for unemployed youth, and free transportation for women—the TVK government has completely deceived the people who voted for it, trusting these attractive promises. TVK had promised to provide an allowance of Rs. 20,000 during the fishing ban period, but now saying that only Rs. 7,000 will be given is a deceptive act.
Claiming that we have wholeheartedly embraced social justice, yet failing to make any announcement on behalf of the state government regarding a caste-wise census is deceitful. Having already betrayed people by not fulfilling the promise of crop loan waiver, and with Cauvery delta farmers affected by the failure of the kuruvai crop now demanding compensation of Rs. 25,000 per acre, to pass by without speaking about it is a betrayal of the farming community.
If it is true, as the government claims, that the reforms carried out by the TVK government in the registration department will generate an additional revenue of 15,000 crore rupees a year, then why was funding cut for crucial sectors? This raises the question. The government’s claim that the scheme of giving a gold ring to newborn babies will increase the number of deliveries in government hospitals is disgraceful. Instead of improving the quality of hospitals and drawing people toward government hospitals, saying that they will be lured there with gold rings is the height of a deplorable situation.
The hallmark of this administration’s financial management is that, in a government that has not even completed three months, nearly Rs. 25,000 crore has already been borrowed. The Taveka government, which stated in its budget that it would raise Tamil Nadu’s economy to $1.5 trillion by 2031, has not specified any clear roadmap for how it intends to achieve that goal. If Finance Minister Mari Wilson seems to be struggling even to read the budget speech smoothly, the contents of the budget are even more disjointed than that.
Overall, the TVK government's budget is merely an empty budget statement that has success in name only, with no constructive plans to advance Tamil Nadu, and no economic reform plans or measures to increase government revenue, boost alternative economic growth, reduce the fiscal deficit, or lessen the debt burden," he criticized.