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An AIADMK delegation led by its wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami, connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026), presented a memorandum to Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi alleging corruption to the tune of ₹4 lakh crore by the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government.
Speaking to journalists extracurricular the Lok Bhavan, helium alleged that during the DMK regime, corruption had taken spot successful a fig of departments, the worth of which ran into implicit ₹4 lakh crore. He gave a department-wise break-up of his allegations and claimed that helium had submitted “evidences” to substantiate his charges.
He wanted the Governor to instrumentality steps for the constitution of a committee of inquiry, headed by a erstwhile justice of the Supreme Court, to spell into the allegations. Mr. Palaniswami wondered whether sections of the Tamil physics media had conducted immoderate speech amusement connected the alleged corruption during the DMK authorities successful the past four-and-a-half years.
According to him, the DMK authorities successful Tamil Nadu has been implementing the schemes of distribution of laptops to students escaped of cost and cash assistance of ₹3,000 each to ration cardholders lone with an oculus connected the coming Assembly elections.
The Leader of Opposition said helium welcomed the resumption of laptop distribution, the strategy of which was launched erstwhile the erstwhile AIADMK was successful powerfulness with Jayalalithaa astatine the helm of affairs, but this was not being done keeping interests of students successful mind.
The State authorities did not bash thing for the past 4 years and had it taken into relationship the students’ requirements, the organisation could person been done astatine slightest astatine the commencement of the existent world year. “What is the payment for third-year undergraduate students [in arts and subject courses] who are astir to implicit their courses successful a fewer months? But, the organisation is being done due to the fact that the ruling enactment needs votes of specified students,” Mr. Palaniswami pointed out, adding that those students, who were required to usage laptops arsenic portion of their studies, had borrowed wealth for the purpose.
On the proviso of fiscal assistance for the Pongal festival, Mr Palaniswami recalled that erstwhile helium was the Chief Minister 5 years agone and his authorities had decided to springiness ₹2,500 to the ration cardholders each, Mr. Stalin who was successful the Opposition then, had sought ₹ 5,000.
“This government’s each determination is aimed astatine the elections. It is providing alleviation not retired of realisation of the plight of people. The DMK has mislaid the assurance of people. It is suffering from the fearfulness of defeat. Mr. Stalin has made this announcement cleverly with a presumption of deceiving people and getting their votes successful a technological way,” the AIADMK wide caput observed.
Among the leaders who were contiguous erstwhile helium called connected Mr. Ravi were erstwhile Ministers C. Ve. Shanmugam, D. Jayakumar, K.P. Munusamy, Dindigul C. Sreenivasan and P. Thangamani.
