CHENNAI: In his fiercest assault but on DMK, Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay introduced up the half-century-old Sarkaria Fee report and a 2025 Enforcement Directorate letter within the meeting on Monday, projecting three generations — M Karunanidhi, M K Stalin and Udhayanidhi Stalin — moreover former Union minister Murasoli Maran as corrupt leaders.“Wherever DMK is current, there can be corruption. Wherever there’s corruption, DMK might be current,’’ stated Vijay in his response to the demand for grants for house division. His expenses triggered loud protests from DMK members who stormed the properly of the Home after speaker J C D Prabhakar denied opposition chief Udhayanidhi permission to reply. DMK MLAs later walked out.Vijay began his speech round 9.33am, itemizing out measures taken by his govt to keep up legislation and order and guarantee corruption-free governance. The state of affairs turned chaotic in 20 minutes when Vijay sharpened his assault on the earlier DMK govt.Citing the 1976 Sarkaria Fee report, Vijay stated there was a whole chapter devoted to ‘Veeranam pipeline rip-off’ and talked about the alleged corruption by Karunanidhi and Maran.“The report says they demanded 2.5% fee for the challenge,’’ Vijay stated. He then turned to the newer DMK regime. Studying out from a letter despatched by Enforcement Directorate in Dec 2025, he stated Stalin and Udhayanidhi have been direct beneficiaries of occasion fund. “They dared me to open the three recordsdata on my desk. Earlier than opening them, let me present a pattern,” he stated, studying out parts of the ED and DVAC studies.He alleged that there was corruption below former ministers Okay N Nehru and V Senthilbalaji. “They needed proof of corruption. Right here it’s,’’ Vijay stated, displaying a replica of the ED letter. Concentrating on Udhayanidhi, Vijay requested “who’s Ratheesh” and why was he “hiding” in Dubai ever since TVK got here to energy.The CM stated many DMK leaders used offensive language. He invoked former AIADMK CMs M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa greater than as soon as to assault DMK. He additionally referred to Telugu Desam Social gathering founder N T Rama Rao and positioned himself within the league of former chief ministers C N Annadurai, M G Ramachandran and N T Rama Rao. “Anna in 1967, MGR in 1977, NTR in 1983 and Vijay in 2026,’’ he stated.Protesting the CM’s remarks, Udhayanidhi and different DMK MLAs stood up. Udhayanidhi sought permission to reply to the fees levelled in opposition to him as Vijay continued along with his speech. DMK MLAs displayed pamphlets associated to alleged corruption and crimes involving TVK functionaries, and repeatedly demanded that the speaker enable Udhayanidhi to talk. With no response from the Speaker, DMK MLAs entered the properly of the Home. The Speaker questioned the MLAs for bringing posters and pamphlets into the Home with out his permission.“The intention of DMK members is to forestall the CM from delivering his reply,’’ the speaker stated, including that he wouldn’t bend to strain from the opposition. After a while, nevertheless, he stated the CM had advised that he enable the opposition chief to talk, and that he would take into account the request. On listening to this, DMK legislators returned to their seats. Nevertheless, the speaker refused to permit Udhayanidhi to talk, prompting the DMK members to walkout in protest.Later, Vijay helped DMK MLA Durai Chandrasekar, who was within the properly of the Home, stand up.
