Updated On: 08 February, 2024 05:11 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
The MPs belonging to the DMK and their allies staged a protest wearing black shirts near the Gandhi statue in the Parliament Complex on Thursday condemning the Centre for its alleged financial injustice to Tamil Nadu. Pics/PTI

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The parliamentarians, led by DMK senior leader T R Baalu, raised slogans denouncing the union government for not allocating the requisite funds to Tamil Nadu and for ignoring it in the union interim budget
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During the protest in which DMK leader Kanimozhi also participated, the MPs raised slogans demanding the Central government to abolish National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and GST

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The DMK members on Thursday participated in Lok Sabha proceedings wearing black robes in protest against Centre over non allocation of requisite funds to Tamil Nadu in the interim budget
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"We are wearing black robes in protest against Centre not releasing flood relief funds," DMK member G Selvam told PTI

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The DMK has been raising the issue of non-allocation of funds for the last few days both inside and outside Parliament
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Its leaders, T R Baalu and A Raja, have raised the issue during Question Hour and Zero Hour in the House
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