India, March 13 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday slammed the Tamil Nadu government's move to replace the rupee symbol.

"If the DMK (@arivalayam) has a problem with ' Rs.', why didn't it protest back in 2010 when it was officially adopted under the @INCIndia -led UPA government, at a time when the DMK was part of the ruling alliance at the Centre? Ironically, ' Rs.' was designed by Th. D Udaya Kumar, the son of former DMK MLA N. Dharmalingam. By erasing it now, the DMK is not only rejecting a national symbol but also utterly disregarding the creative contribution of a Tamil youth," Sitharaman said in an X post.The Tamil government has replaced the Indian rupee symbol with a Tamil letter in its logo for the 2025-26 budget...