Chennai, Aug. 6 -- DMK president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday criticised the Tamil Nadu government's Agriculture Budget 2026, alleging that it failed to address the concerns of farmers and was instead used to praise the ruling dispensation led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay.

In a post on X, Stalin alleged that the budget ignored pressing issues such as drought and crop losses suffered by farmers during the Kuruvai cultivation season.

"Instead of addressing drought, the Tamil Nadu Agriculture Budget 2026 was used solely to sing praises and shower the Chief Minister with flattery," Stalin said.

Targeting the government, he alleged that it had merely rebranded existing schemes instead of introducing meanin...