AIADMK leader SP Velumani is the party’s organizing secretary and Coimbatore South Rural district secretary. (Image: Twitter/ @SPVelumnicbe)
The move comes in the wake of anti-corruption raids on the premises of Coimbatore leader SP Velumani.
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AIADMK has constituted a panel of senior leaders to take legal action on behalf of the DMK government in the wake of anti-corruption raids on the premises of Coimbatore leader SP Velumani.
“This panel is to legally tackle the web of politically motivated cases prepared by the DMK government,” the party said in a release.
The six-member panel is headed by former fisheries minister and spokesperson D Jayakumar. The panel includes Thalaivai Sundaram, CV Shanmugam (former law minister), Babu Murugavel, IS Inbadurai and PH Manoj Pandian, who were earlier involved in consultations on legal matters faced by the party.
The AIADMK’s move to set up the panel follows action against Velumani, who was at the receiving end of activists-led revelations in the previous term of the government. Arappor Iyakkam, among others, had from time to time disclosed breaches of tender rules in the award of contracts in the areas of Velumani and his family, which had clout.
Before coming to power, the DMK had also promised to set up a special court to prosecute AIADMK leaders who had committed corruption during the last two terms in Tamil Nadu.
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