DMK rejects Vijay’s new cars for MLAs, then challenges CM over ‘corruption files’

The Leader of Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Udhayanidhi, announced that DMK legislators will decline the new cars allocated to them by the government led by Chief Minister C Vijay Joseph. Udhayanidhi cited the government's financial constraints as the reason for this decision, stating that party chief MK Stalin had made the call for DMK legislators to forgo the vehicles.

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Due to the government’s financial constraints, party chief MK Stalin decided that DMK legislators will not receive the vehicles announced for them by the Vijay government.

In a direct challenge to Chief Minister Vijay, Udhayanidhi urged him to immediately make public any alleged corruption files connected to the previous DMK administration. Responding to the CM's earlier remarks about revealing "corruption files from the previous DMK regime at an appropriate time," Udhayanidhi questioned the hesitation, asking if the CM was awaiting an astrologer's guidance for the release date.

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I urge him to open the files immediately and take action if there’s solid evidence of corruption. Why is the CM hesitant to release the files? Is he waiting for his astrologer to fix the date?

The exchange escalated, prompting Tamil Nadu School Education Minister to intervene, assuring that the Chief Minister would release the files at an opportune moment, as reported by ANI. This exchange triggered significant arguments and slogan-shouting between DMK and TVK MLAs, leading to a brief suspension of proceedings in the assembly before order was restored.

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Don’t speak dialogues in the Assembly.