
Union Budget: T.N. CM Stalin to chair DMK MPs’ meeting on January 29
The Hindu
Ahead of the Budget session of Parliament scheduled to commence on January 31, the DMK has called for a meeting of its MPs in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in Chennai on January 29.
Ahead of the Budget session of Parliament scheduled to commence on January 31, the DMK has called for a meeting of its MPs in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in Chennai on January 29.
The agenda of the meeting to be chaired by party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is the Union Budget for 2025-26. The DMK has a total of 32 MPs — 22 in the Lok Sabha and 10 in the Rajya Sabha.
DMK general secretary Duraimurugan has called for the meeting of the party MPs, which will be held at Anna Arivalayam in Chennai from 11 a.m. on January 29.

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