Highlights 1 Tamil Nadu Budget 2017 remains tax-free. 3 Stalin objected to Jayakumar making references to Sasikala in Budget speech. Finance Minister for Tamil Nadu Jayakumar presented the Budget for the 2017-2018 after dutifully placing briefcase at Jayalalitha memorial to symbolically acquire her blessings. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palanisamy also dutifully finished this duty. Speaker Dhanapal had to intervene who then requested Stalin to allow Jayakumar to finish his speech.

Source: India Today March 16, 2017 09:32 UTC