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Tamil Nadu CM Vijay attacks DMK over alleged systemic corruption
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay accused the DMK of corruption.
He said some government contractors were allegedly made to pay part of their contract value as party funds.
He cited Enforcement Directorate documents and an older commission report.
Vijay said the alleged payments ranged from 7.5% to 10% of a contract.
He named M K Stalin and Udhayanidhi Stalin while making the allegations.
DMK lawmakers protested loudly in the Assembly.
The Speaker said they could not respond while disrupting the proceedings.
The DMK members then left the Assembly.
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay accused the DMK of systemic corruption and challenged its “Mr Clean” image.
Vijay alleged that contractors working on Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department projects were pressured to pay 7.5% to 10% commissions.
He said the alleged payments were collected in instalments as “party funds,” citing Enforcement Directorate documents and the Justice Sarkaria Commission report.
Vijay named M K Stalin and Udhayanidhi Stalin as alleged beneficiaries, prompting protests from DMK legislators.
After the Speaker denied permission for a response amid disruptions, DMK members walked out of the Assembly.
- Who
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay accused the DMK, including M K Stalin and Udhayanidhi Stalin, of alleged corruption; DMK legislators protested.
- What
- Vijay alleged that contractors paid commissions as “party funds” on projects under the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department.
- Where
- The Tamil Nadu Assembly.
- When
- Monday, September 7; the year is not specified in the report.
- Why
- Vijay said he was challenging the DMK’s “Mr Clean” image and bringing alleged past and present corruption to light.
Chief Minister’s allegations
DMK’s protest
Corruption claims
Chief Minister’s allegations
Vijay alleged that contractors were forced to pay 7.5% to 10% commissions as “party funds,” citing Enforcement Directorate documents and the Justice Sarkaria Commission report.
DMK’s protest
DMK legislators protested the allegations, demanded the opportunity to respond, and later walked out after the Speaker refused permission amid disruptions.
DMK’s public image
Chief Minister’s allegations
Vijay said the DMK’s “Mr Clean” image was false and vowed to investigate alleged past and present corruption.
DMK’s protest
DMK members rejected the manner in which the charges were raised by protesting in the Assembly, although the report does not provide a detailed formal response to the allegations.
Key facts
- Alleged commission rate
- 7.5% to 10% of the total contract value
- Projects involved
- Government works under the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department
- Documents cited
- Enforcement Directorate documents
- Historical reference
- The Justice Sarkaria Commission report of 1976
- People named by Vijay
- M K Stalin and Udhayanidhi Stalin
- Assembly response
- DMK members protested, were denied permission to respond, and staged a walkout
Quotes
C Joseph Vijay
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister who made the corruption allegations in the Assembly
“The bribes were collected from contractors of the MAWS Department for government works in the form of party funds. It was not taken all at once, but in instalments—much like paying an EMI on a loan. These are not allegations made by us; these are explicit findings in the report by the Enforcement Directorate itself.”
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“Whenever my friends or I speak, just by mentioning the word ‘corruption’, they (DMK) immediately jump in and ask, ‘give us proof, give us proof.’ But they never mention one thing—have you noticed it? They never say, ‘we have never committed corruption’”
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