A day after the Tamil Nadu Assembly witnessed a heated exchange between DMK and TVK leaders over an alleged tender to relocate the chief minister’s office, another tense situation erupted over alleged irregularities in road-laying works.
The tension prompted CM C Joseph Vijay to warn that he would reveal “corruption files from the previous DMK regime at an appropriate time.”
Another ruckus erupted in the Assembly on Wednesday over alleged discrepancies in road-laying works, with both TVK and DMK trading barbs. DMK MLA Velu had raised the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to shift the CMO in the Assembly on Tuesday, pointing out that the tender process was published in a newspaper but not on the official website. I have two files on my desk. Don’t force me to do it now. Velu alleged that people working in the Secretariat had asked him where they would rest and eat if the chief minister were to take over the place. He urged CM Vijay to take “this into consideration. TVK leader and Tamil Nadu minister Aadhav Arjuna dismissed the allegation levelled by Velu, terming it as an attempt to plant doubt while appearing friendly.
He said the decision to relocate the CM’s office was due to the lack of basic amenities in the current space and of a reception area for foreign delegations and other dignitaries who visit the Secretariat to meet the chief minister. On Tuesday, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( DMK ) leader EV Velu engaged in a war of words with Tamil Nadu’s public works minister Aadhav Arjuna over alleged irregularities in a ₹ 5.54-crore tender issued for relocating CM’s office .
Amid the heated debate, chief minister Vijay said, “I will reveal the corruption files from the previous DMK regime at an appropriate time. The TVK minister said the CM Vijay-led government will soon release a detailed White Paper in this regard.
