AIADMK leaders submit petition to Governor, allege corruption, vendetta politics by Tamil Nadu govt

AIADMK alleged that the DMK government helmed by MK Stalin was run on the sole agenda of “corruption, collection and vendetta”.

Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami and a host of senior AIADMK leaders called on Governor Banwarilal Purohit and submitted a petition. The Opposition party alleged that the DMK government helmed by MK Stalin was run on the sole agenda of “Corruption, Collection and Vendetta”. This comes at a time when the Tamil Nadu Assembly session is underway and the Opposition AIADMK staged a walkout on Wednesday.  During the newly formed DMK government’s tenure, state agencies have been probing graft cases against influential leaders of the AIADMK and the former ministers, besides conducting raids at their premises. This is in line with the DMK’s poll promise of investigating the corruption allegations, based on the 10-year long tenure of the AIADMK. MR Vijayabaskar and SP Velumani are among the ministers who were under the agencies’ scanner.  Another case that has hogged the limelight is that of the sensational Kodanad murder case that took place back in 2017. It involved the murder of a security guard at the premises of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s lavish estate in the ecologically sensitive Nilgiris. Burglaries and break-ins had also taken place at the estate. The Tamil Nadu Police had questioned one of the accused in the case, Saiyan, earlier this week.