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If the BJP brings successful its forces successful the signifier of the ED [Enforcement Directorate], I-T [Income Tax Department], and CBI [Central Bureau of Investigation], among different investigating agencies, “we are precise good prepared to look them,” said DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin successful Chennai connected Monday (February 23, 2026). He further charged that the BJP was being “cheap” successful utilizing investigating agencies for carrying retired the party’s “political hunting.”
Speaking astatine the News 18’s Town Hall event, Mr. Stalin said: “The NDA [National Democratic Alliance] is an confederation that is wholly formed by threatening the corrupt. Many who were Ministers during the erstwhile AIADMK authorities were raided. DVAC [Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption] cases are inactive pending against astir 10 of them. But lone for the involvement of the alliance, they [the BJP government] are protecting them [the erstwhile Ministers].”
Mr. Stalin further alleged: “In fact, they [the BJP government] person been preventing the registration of FIRs against immoderate erstwhile Ministers done the Governor for a agelong clip now. While so, they are present trying to endanger america with the ED, I-T, and CBI. Even if the BJP brought its forces successful the signifier of ED, I-T, and CBI, we are precise good prepared to look them.”
Questioning however galore of the 8,000-odd cases registered by the ED person been wholly investigated and what the condemnation complaint was, Mr. Stalin said: “Those against whom the corruption charges are framed are joining electoral alliances with whom? The BJP is undertaking governmental hunting by cheaply utilizing the investigating agencies. And they person named the confederation NDA.”
Later, during an interview, erstwhile asked whether determination was a multi-cornered contention for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls and if this was favourable to him, Mr. Stalin said: “Certainly determination whitethorn beryllium a multi-cornered contest. But they are not beardown enough.”
Replying to a query connected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits to Tamil Nadu precocious and the BJP’s efforts successful ensuring its alliance’s victory, Mr. Stalin said: “As I support repeating, the Prime Minister should sojourn often. [Union Home Minister] Amit Shah should support visiting, too. This Governor [R.N. Ravi] should not beryllium replaced. This is our large campaign.”
‘Will enactment according to stature’
Asked astir voices appealing to him to caput the INDIA bloc, Mr. Stalin recalled the observations made by precocious person and erstwhile Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi that helium was good alert of his stature. “Thalaivar has said helium was alert of his stature. I, too, volition enactment according to my stature.”
Referring to an nonfiction helium had penned successful The Hindu that India’s federalism was successful request of a structural reset, Mr. Stalin said an knowing astatine the nationalist level successful this respect was necessary.
