TNCC chief Selvaperunthagai alleges ‘unlawful confinement’ amid I-T raids at residence

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K. Selvaperunthagai connected Monday (April 20, 2026) alleged that “Hindi-speaking Income Tax” officials “unlawfully confined” him wrong the Sriperumbudur Assembly constituency connected a time erstwhile Congress person Rahul Gandhi was arriving successful Tamil Nadu to run for elections. I-T officials reportedly conducted searches astatine the residence of Mr. Selvaperunthagai connected Monday.

In a statement, Mr. Selvaperunthagai alleged that the “deliberate action, carried retired astatine a politically delicate moment, is simply a wide and calculated effort to obstruct antiauthoritarian functioning and weaken the activities of the Opposition.”