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DMK MPs stage a protest at the Mahatma Gandhi statue against the BJP-led Centre over alleged neglect and partiality in allocation of funds to the states, at the Parliament House complex. Pics/PTI
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
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
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
"We are wearing black robes in protest against Centre not releasing flood relief funds," DMK member G Selvam told PTI
The DMK has been raising the issue of non-allocation of funds for the last few days both inside and outside Parliament
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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