The TVK government presented its first budget for the year 2026–2027 today. In this context, former Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu spoke to reporters.
At that time, he said, "The TVK government's financial statement is disappointing. The announcements made in TVK's election manifesto are not in the budget.

The explanation I gave at the time regarding the white paper released by the Finance Minister is still correct now. I said that the government’s debt would increase. The Finance Department Secretary has said the same in his explanation as well.
With the TVK government having borrowed Rs. 22,000 crore in 3 months, by the end of 5 years the total debt will rise to Rs. 20 lakh crore.
The schemes brought in under the DMK regime have merely been repackaged and introduced under different names today; even the proper funds for them have not been released in large measure.

The first budget of the TVK government has dashed the people’s expectations. None of TVK’s election promises have been included. TVK has given in the budget exactly what the DMK government had given,” he criticized.
