India, March 13 -- The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government on Thursday released a video ahead of the state budget for 2025-26, set to be presented on March 14, in which the rupee symbol ( Rs.) was replaced with a Tamil alphabet, triggering a political furore.

This comes a day after Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin led a state-wide protest against the Union government amid an uproar over the National Education Policy (NEP).

In the 24-second video released on Thursday,the Devangiri rupee symbol was replaced with a Tamil alphabet (which translates to "Ru") with a tagline 'Ellorkkum Ellaam' (everything for everyone). "This budget is for all sections of the society," Stalin posted on X with the video.

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