Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced to change the sign of the rupee. After this, after the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Annamalai, now Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has also attacked the Tamil Nadu government. The Union Finance Minister posted on the social media platform X and targeted the DMK and said that if the DMK has a problem with ‘₹’, then why did he not oppose it in 2010? In fact, in the state budget of Tamil Nadu, the rupee removed the symbol of ‘₹’ and replaced it with a letter of Tamil language. Let me tell you, this new decision of the Stalin government has come out amid language dispute.
Nirla Sitharaman said, “When it was officially adopted under the Congress -led UPA government, the DMK was part of the ruling alliance at the time at the center? Ironically, the irony is that ‘₹’ was designed by TD Udaya Kumar, son of former DMK MLA N Dharmalingam’s son N Dharmalingam. Is completely disregarding.
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He said that apart from this, the route of Tamil word ‘Rupai’ (ரூபாய்) is deep in the Sanskrit word ‘Rupaya’, which means ‘coined silver’ or ‘working silver coin’. The word has been echoing in Tamil trade and literature for centuries, and even today, ‘Rupai’ remains the name of the currency in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. In fact, many countries including Indonesia, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Seychelles and Sri Lanka officially use ‘Rupee’ or its ‘equivalent/derivative’ as their currency name.
Should our national currency symbol be underestimated?: Sitharaman
Referring to the UPI transaction service, the Union Finance Minister said, “The ‘₹’ ₹ ‘₹’ is well recognized internationally and acts as a visible identity of India in global financial transactions. At a time when India is emphasizing on paying the border using UPI, should we actually underestimate our own national currency symbol? Take an oath to maintain. The removal of a national symbol like ‘₹’ from the state budget documents is against the same oath that weakens the commitment to national unity. “
This is a sign of a dangerous mentality: Nirmala Sitharaman
He said that it is just more than a symbol- it is a sign of a dangerous mindset that weakens Indian unity and promotes separatist feelings on the pretext of regional pride. It is a completely avoidable example of language and regional superstition.
