<h1>Sovereignty and integrity: removing the national currency symbol from state budget documents undermines unity and invites secessionist sentiment.</h1> Removing the national currency symbol from a state budget document is portrayed as a challenge to sovereignty and integrity, with the Finance Minister asserting that replacing the internationally recognised rupee symbol with a regional script signifier weakens national unity, promotes secessionist sentiments, and contradicts the constitutional oath of elected officials to uphold the nation; the critique also stresses the rupee symbol's role in international financial identity and notes the irony of erasing a contribution by a Tamil-origin designer.