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MK Stalin, the leader of opposition in the Assembly, alleged corruption in the ₹350 crore tender for buying communication equipment for the Tamil Nadu police. File photo: PTI.

Stalin alleges bribery in gadgets tender, TN CM refutes charge


DMK president M K Stalin on Sunday (September 29) alleged ₹350 crore corruption in the tender for procurement of communication equipment for the police force in Tamil Nadu, a charge refuted by chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami.

Stalin, the Leader of opposition in the Assembly, alleged “corruption in the ₹350 crore tender for buying communication equipment including camera, CCTV, and digital mobile radio for the Tamil Nadu police” and demanded that an unbiased probe be initiated by the Vigilance and Anti Corruption wing.

It was “anguishing that the spectre of AIADMK regime’s corruption,” has not even spared the police department, the DMK leader alleged in a statement.

The charge was dismissed by chief minister K Palaniswami as a lie.

“When has he (Stalin) not made such allegations? He has been making such claims since I took over as chief minister, what have they proved? … it is a deliberate attempt and a lie,” he told reporters when asked about Stalin’s charge.

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The corruption claims by the opposition were “nothing new and are lies,” and such charges were levelled against the government with regard to a road sector project too, Palaniswami said.

While the DMK found fault with every scheme of the government, people knew the extent of “irregularities and corruption” during their previous regime, Palaniswami said.

Pointing out the Veeranam drinking water scheme during the DMK’s rule in the past, he alleged that the project was mired in corruption and that network pipes had been abandoned.

Drinking water was later brought to Chennai from the Veeranam lake, about 200 km from the state capital, through the New Veeranam Project, only by late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

(With inputs from agencies)

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