00:00Welcome back viewers, you're watching India Today and at the top of this segment we're breaking news coming in for
00:07you from down south, specifically from the state of Tamil Nadu.
00:10This is with regards to the earlier raids that were launched against KN Nehru, the former DMK minister.
00:16It's now MK Stalin, the party supremo, who's come out to in fact slam the Tamil Nadu government over the
00:23action that's been taken against KN Nehru.
00:25Stalin has come out to allege political vendetta against KN Nehru, saying, and I quote, action against Nehru politically motivated.
00:33Case is ongoing in the high court session is also underway.
00:37New government is resorting to diversionary tactics, accuses government of the dark side of Indian democracy.
00:45DMK will not fear these gimmicks, will confront the triumph through path of law, will confront them and triumph through
00:52the path of law.
00:56Stalin says MLA is induced to quit parties and join the government camp.
01:02He in fact goes on to allege and add that no preliminary inquiry was registered in the horse trading complaints
01:09at all.
01:09So these are some of the entire comments and remarks that's been made by the DMK chief, that is MK
01:16Stalin,
01:17with regards to the entire raids that's been taking place by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption since morning
01:24against the former DMK minister, KN Nehru.
01:27Remember earlier as well, we've seen certain other authorities, in fact, coming in to probe several of such allegations that
01:36have been mounting over former leaders from the DMK,
01:39or ministers from the DMK in the earlier government, that is.
01:43Now, this is the latest in that very episode.
01:45Pramod Madhav joining me on the broadcast with more details on the same.
01:49Pramod, very good afternoon to you.
01:51What exactly are we learning at this given point with regards to what Stalin has said about the raids against
01:57KN Nehru?
01:59Good afternoon, Shriya.
02:00The important aspect is that, like, the raid against the Tainish was initiated in the morning,
02:04and four teams of the Department of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption are present at KN Nehru's residence,
02:08where, frankly, his members, party members immediately came over.
02:13KN Nehru had to step out and say, please go to the office.
02:15And right now, the president of the party is calling in that, like, while assembly is happening,
02:20such kind of things are continuing in the state of Tamil Nadu.
02:22And he says, like, this only shows the dark side of the democracy.
02:26And he claims that, like, such gimmicks will not cause any fear to KN Nehru or the party's share.
02:34Right, Pramod.
02:35So, this is what we are looking at, viewers, at this given point.
02:38Pramod, I'd also request you to bring us the entire horse trading aspect,
02:42the complaints of horse trading that's been leveled.
02:45There is a high code that what MK Stalin has pointed out is that there is a case already
02:50that's being fought in the court of law.
02:52He's mounted this attack that why is it that we see...
02:57Okay, we'll get our connection back with Pramod.
02:59But yes, the question that MK Stalin here mounts is,
03:01why is it that there is additional raids being launched against an already probed case at this given point?
03:09The probe is underway.
03:10There are several of these hearings that, in fact, have taken place in the high court.
03:17And why is it that there are raids taking place in the parallel against KN Nehru?
03:21That's the question that's been mounted by MK Stalin at this given point of time.
03:26Well, we've been keeping a look at all of these developments coming in from Tamil Nadu since morning.
03:32It's this residence, KN Nehru's residence in Trichy,
03:35that's been under the heat of the DVAC, that is.
03:40And we've been looking at the raids that's been launched.
03:43We're still awaiting the details of what's been found and recovered in the very raids.
03:47And at this given point, this is where the entire matter stands.
03:51Of course, DMK continues to level other allegations as well.
03:55And we have Pramod back with us.
03:56Pramod, just wanting to know a little more about the horse trading complaints
03:59that MK Stalin has come out to refer to in his attacks against the TVK and the government at this
04:08given point.
04:10So, yeah, this is a kind of an issue that's an ongoing issue in particular.
04:13And, you know, this is what, like, the sequence, I mean, former sequence of MK Stalin,
04:17who's also the president of the party, is trying to highlight at this particular point.
04:20All this claim is, like, the people of Tamil Nadu are well aware that to form the government,
04:24they included MLAs from other parties to resign and inducted them into their party right there in the SMB premises,
04:32conducted a horse trading spree, and even tried to register a preliminary inquiry report in the complaints related to it.
04:37So, like, multiple times, the DMK met and met with the governor over this particular issue,
04:42and, like, also cases are still pending.
04:44In fact, even General Paraji was named in a particular case, however,
04:47he got released from the Madras court, and the former chief minister is highlighting all the highlighting of these issues
04:52with the present trade that is happening at the president's rear.
04:56Right, Pramod.
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