India, Feb. 19 -- Tamil Nadu's main opposition AIADMK on Monday dubbed the state budget as mere 'jugglery of words' and the BJP claimed there is 'nothing new' in the budget.

Leader of Opposition, Edappadi K Palaniswami alleged the AIADMK regime's welfare schemes like 'Thalikku thangam' (gold for mangalsutra) and green housing were 'stopped.' The financial resources meant for such initiatives were being used for schemes newly named by the DMK regime and as such there 'are no new or big schemes and this is what is happening,' he told reporters. "This is the fourth budget of the DMK regime, it is mere jugglery of words, there are no schemes for the people, there is no big development plan," Palaniswami, a former Chief Minister said. Citing ...