Stalin demands CBI inquiry against CM and his Ministers.

DMK’s working president M.K. Stalin has demanded a thorough CBI inquiry against chief-minister Edapadi Palanichamy and seven other Ministers whose name has figured in the list of persons chosen by the party (read: Dinakaran) to distribute cash to voters in R.K. Nagar to get votes.

Election Commission cancelled the R.K. Nagar by-polls last night, sending a strong message across that it won’t turn a blind eye to the cash-for-vote practice indulged in by leading political parties. Last weekend’s raids at State Health Minister Vijayabhaskar’s premises resulted in unearthing of documents/cash and the above-said list which turned the scales in favour of cancellation of the R.K. Nagar by-polls.

Campaigning in R.K. Nagar yesterday evening (when it wasn’t known that the by-polls would be cancelled) in support of DMK candidate Marudhu Ganesh, Stalin demanded a thorough and a detailed inquiry by CBI into the roles of the chief-minister and his ministers in distributing cash to voters to influence them and get their votes.

“IT raids are not enough; the chief-ministers and other Ministers including senior Minister Sengottaiyan would have to be arrested and brought under the CBI net. Edapadi Palanichamy also has the moral responsibility to tender his resignation to save the honour of the high office that he holds now that his name has figured in the above-said list,” Stalin told the people.