Chennai, Aug 5: LOP Udhayanidhi Stalin on Wednesday termed the TVK government’s budget “big zero” and slammed the alleged reduction in the budgetary allocation for education. He said, “… look at the allocation for the education department every year during the DMK regime… our leader (M K Stalin) had allocated Rs 48,500 crore for education in the last budget. Now, reducing it, they have allocated only Rs 44,500 crore this time.” The LoP alleged the budget cut as a step backward for the state, contrasting it with what he called the comprehensive focus on education, healthcare, and industrial growth that characterised the DMK’s regime’s fiscal planning.