India, March 14 -- The AIADMK staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu state assembly during finance minister Thangam Thennarasu's presentation of Budget 2025-26 on Friday. Bharatiya Janata Party legislators joined the AIADMK in protest.

AIADMK general secretary and leader of opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami said the party had left since Speaker M Appavu had denied permission to raise the issue of a probe launched by the Enforcement Directorate, which is investigating the state-sponsored liquor seller TASMAC over money laundering.

The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation or TASMAC is a company owned by the government of Tamil Nadu.

Addressing the media outside the state legislative assembly, he told ANI, "The ED has said there has been ...