India, March 13 -- The MK Stalin government has replaced the rupee symbol with the Tamil letter for 'Ru' in the state budget logo, amid the ongoing three-language controversy. This is perhaps the first time any state has dropped the national currency symbol. The development comes in the context of the MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government's opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the three-language policy.

The Tamil Nadu government has not yet issued any official statement regarding this change. However, a BJP spokesperson told NDTV that the move reflects the Tamil party's stance of being "different from India." Narayanan Thirupathy of the BJP added that the rupee symbol is widely recognized as a symbol of India.

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