India, Feb. 17 -- Tamil Nadu finance minister Thangam Thenarasu on Tuesday accused the BJP-led Centre of "artificially precipitating" a fiscal crisis in the state while presenting the interim budget in the Assembly, the last budget of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government before the assembly elections scheduled for this summer.

Presenting the Revised Estimates (RE) for 2025-26, Thenarasu said Tamil Nadu's outstanding debt had risen to Rs.9,52,374 crore from Rs.9,29,959 crore projected in the Budget Estimates (BE) for 2025-26. "...the Union government appears to leave no stone unturned to artificially precipitate a fiscal crisis in Tamil Nadu," the minister said in the House.

He said the outstanding debt figure includes Rs.9,523...