Madurai, March 14 -- Amid the controversy over the Tamil Nadu government replacing the rupee symbol in the state budget with the Tamil symbol 'Ru,' Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Friday dismissed it as a "non-issue." Instead, he highlighted the "discrimination" faced by Tamil Nadu from the central government.

He alleged that funds for education and rural development in Tamil Nadu had been stopped by the Centre and called for an end to such treatment.

"It is a non-issue, which the BJP wants to take up. The important thing is the way Tamil Nadu has been discriminated against by the central government. The funds for education and rural development have stopped for Tamil Nadu. Many projects are being stopped. This discrimination against Tam...