Vijay started his speech around 9.33am, listing out measures taken by his govt to maintain law and order and ensure corruption-free governance.
CHENNAI: In his fiercest attack yet on DMK , Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay brought up the half-century-old Sarkaria Commission report and a 2025 Enforcement Directorate letter in the assembly on Monday, projecting three generations — M Karunanidhi, M K Stalin and Udhayanidhi Stalin — besides former Union minister Murasoli Maran as corrupt leaders. Vijay started his speech around 9.33am, listing out measures taken by his govt to maintain law and order and ensure corruption-free governance. The situation turned chaotic in 20 minutes when Vijay sharpened his attack on the previous DMK govt. Citing the 1976 Sarkaria Commission report, Vijay said there was an entire chapter dedicated to ‘Veeranam pipeline scam’ and mentioned the alleged corruption by Karunanidhi and Maran. “The report says they demanded 2.5% commission for the project,’’ Vijay said. Reading out from a letter sent by Enforcement Directorate in Dec 2025, he said Stalin and Udhayanidhi were direct beneficiaries of party fund.
Wherever there is corruption, DMK will be present,’’ said Vijay in his response to the demand for grants for home department. Before opening them, let me show a sample,” he said, reading out portions of the ED and DVAC reports. Here it is,’’ Vijay said, displaying a copy of the ED letter. Targeting Udhayanidhi, Vijay asked “who is Ratheesh” and why was he “hiding” in Dubai ever since TVK came to power.
“Wherever DMK is present, there would be corruption. His charges triggered loud protests from DMK members who stormed the well of the House after speaker J C D Prabhakar denied opposition leader Udhayanidhi permission to respond. DMK MLAs later walked out. He then turned to the more recent DMK regime. “They dared me to open the three files on my table. He alleged that there was corruption under former ministers K N Nehru and V Senthilbalaji. “They wanted proof of corruption.