Money, gold have direct link with confidence motion: M K Stalin

  • | Wednesday | 28th June, 2017

He also urged the courts to monitor the probe continuously.When the matter came up before the First bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar, Stalin's senior counsel R Shanmugasundaram sought time for arguments to Wednesday.Stalin filed a PIL challenging the vote of confidence which took place on February 18, 2017 in Tamil Nadu assembly. CHENNAI: DMK working president M K Stalin has told the Madras high court that offer of bribe in the form of money to the tune of crores of rupees as well as gold worth an equivalent amount to AIADMK MLAs, had a direct and incontrovertible link with the confidence motion moved by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.Taking exception to the chief minister's counter affidavit that there was no need for a probe by CBI or DRI into the Koovathur incidents and the expose done by Times Now and Moon TV, Stalin filed a rejoinder stating that an investigation into all these aspects was essential.Stalin said the origin of huge amounts of unaccounted money and gold will reveal who were the perpetrators of the crime of bribery and what was the modus operandi of the entire operation to bribe AIADMK MLAs.He also urged the court to order competent authorities to go into the veracity of the video tapes and establish whether crores of rupees were routed through hawala process.

CHENNAI: DMK working president M K Stalin has told the Madras high court that offer of bribe in the form of money to the tune of crores of rupees as well as gold worth an equivalent amount to AIADMK MLAs, had a direct and incontrovertible link with the confidence motion moved by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.Taking exception to the chief minister's counter affidavit that there was no need for a probe by CBI or DRI into the Koovathur incidents and the expose done by Times Now and Moon TV, Stalin filed a rejoinder stating that an investigation into all these aspects was essential.Stalin said the origin of huge amounts of unaccounted money and gold will reveal who were the perpetrators of the crime of bribery and what was the modus operandi of the entire operation to bribe AIADMK MLAs.He also urged the court to order competent authorities to go into the veracity of the video tapes and establish whether crores of rupees were routed through hawala process. He also urged the courts to monitor the probe continuously.When the matter came up before the First bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar, Stalin's senior counsel R Shanmugasundaram sought time for arguments to Wednesday.Stalin filed a PIL challenging the vote of confidence which took place on February 18, 2017 in Tamil Nadu assembly.

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