Refuting the allegation made by Congress MLA S. Vijayadharani that the AIADMK government was not exerting enough pressure on the Centre to get its due share of funds for various schemes, Finance Minister D. Jayakumar told the State Assembly on Tuesday that Ministers and officials had recently met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to press for the immediate release of the funds. “We are hopeful of getting the funds from the Centre,” he said.
Earlier, Ms. Vijayadharani expressed concern over the State’s mounting debt and urged the government to tackle it.