Probe TN CM Edappadi K Palaniswami in graft case

  • | Saturday | 13th October, 2018

Still, it has ordered for a CBI probe, which does not look like a fair move." "This order is passed only in the interest of justice for ensuring fair, reasonable and transparent investigation," the judge said.A triumphant DMK was quick to demand the chief minister's resignation. DMK president M K Stalin said Palaniswami should resign or the governor should dismiss him. Later AIADMK spokesman C Ponnaiyan held a press conference and said, "The DVAC has already submitted its report, after completing its probe, to the Madras high court. Other opposition parties - the PMK, the CPI, the CPM and the Congress - too sought Palaniswami's resignation, saying it was shameful for Tamil Nadu to have a person under the CBI lens as its CM.The AIADMK camp went into a huddle with several ministers and party seniors meeting at the chief minister's residence.

CHENNAI: Three days after Tamil Nadu 's Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption gave chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami a clean chit over allegations of corruption in awarding government road contracts, the Madras high court on Friday ordered a CBI probe into the allegations levelled against him by the DMK, stating that "the preliminary inquiry had not been done in a fair and just manner". The court order triggered demands for Palaniswami's resignation as CM from the Opposition while the AIADMK said "it does not look like a fair move".Justice A D Jagadish Chandira ordered transfer of the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) making it clear that no opinion had been expressed in relation to the allegations made in the petitioner's complaint. "This order is passed only in the interest of justice for ensuring fair, reasonable and transparent investigation," the judge said.A triumphant DMK was quick to demand the chief minister's resignation. DMK president M K Stalin said Palaniswami should resign or the governor should dismiss him. Other opposition parties - the PMK, the CPI, the CPM and the Congress - too sought Palaniswami's resignation, saying it was shameful for Tamil Nadu to have a person under the CBI lens as its CM.The AIADMK camp went into a huddle with several ministers and party seniors meeting at the chief minister's residence. Later AIADMK spokesman C Ponnaiyan held a press conference and said, "The DVAC has already submitted its report, after completing its probe, to the Madras high court. Still, it has ordered for a CBI probe, which does not look like a fair move."

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