During a press conference in Chennai, BJP State President Annamalai accused DMK leader Stalin of receiving 200 crore rupees without providing any evidence to support the claim. In response, DMK stated they will file a case against Annamalai if the allegations are not properly addressed. Annamalai had previously announced the release of a corruption list on Tamil New Year regarding DMK, but has yet to provide any conclusive evidence. During the press conference, Annamalai also discussed his expenses as state president and detailed the background of his Rafale watch. Later, a 15-minute video was released listing the assets of several party leaders, including DMK. Annamalai stated that the property list of all parties in power in Tamil Nadu will be released and expressed his dissatisfaction with the alliance with ADMK in the 2024 parliamentary elections. DMK members questioned why no actions were taken against them by the BJP, CBI, Enforcement Division, and Income Tax Department despite not being charged with corruption. They went on to challenge Annamalai to release documents about property and schools within 15 days or face prosecution.
Chief Minister M.K. BJP state president Annamalai has alleged in a press conference that Stalin received 200 crore rupees.
However, he did not provide any evidence to substantiate the allegation. Similarly, he said that he will not immediately answer the questions of the reporters.
DMK has said that they will file a case against Annamalai if they do not give a proper answer to the allegations against them.
BJP’s state president Annamalai had announced a long time ago that DMK’s corruption list will be released on Tamil New Year. He had said that he would release the receipt of the Rafale watch that he had on the same day.
A press conference was held this morning at the party’s headquarters in Chennai. A large number of party members were also admitted to the press conference, which was held amid heavy security.
At the very beginning of the press conference, Annamalai started the press conference by saying that he will not answer any question today and will answer only after a week.
7-8 lakh per month expenses: friends give – Annamalai
Annamalai said that since he is a first generation politician, the path ahead of him is very difficult and he spends 7-8 lakh rupees per month as the state president of the party and he manages it with friends and three friends pay the salary of his 3 BAs.
Annamalai said that after the security increased, she moved to a bigger house as the house she was staying in was not enough and another friend would pay the rent for it and the car she was using belonged to someone else.
Then Annamalai gave information about his Rafale watch. “There are only 500 of this type of watch in the world. I have the 147th watch. I have sold only two of this watch in India. One was bought by a senior executive in Mumbai. The second watch was bought from a Jimson store on Racecourse Road in Coimbatore. I bought it on 27th May.
Cheralathan Ramakrishnan is the real owner who purchased this watch in March 2021. When I heard about the availability of this watch by May, I asked him. He agreed to give. I have the receipt of the purchase from him. I have known him for two years. Since May 27th I have only this one watch in my hands. I bought this for three lakh rupees. The receipt for this will be published on the website,” he said.
Charge list through video
In the press conference after this, a 15-minute video was released. DMK in it. A list was published claiming to be the property list of several leaders.
Former Union Minister Jagadratsaka from DMK has assets worth Rs 50,219.37 crore and current state minister A.V. KN also said that Velu has assets of Rs 5,442.39 crore. DR said Nehru has assets worth Rs 2,495.14 crore, Lok Sabha member Kanimozhi has assets worth Rs 830.33 crore and Kalanidhi Maran has assets worth Rs 12,450 crore. Balu has assets of Rs 10,841.10 crore, Kathir Anand has assets of Rs 579.58 crore, Kalanidhi Veerasamy has assets of Rs 2,923.29 crore, Ponmudi and his son Gautama Chikaman has assets of Rs 581.20 crore, DMK has assets of Rs 1,408.94 crore and DMK owns Rs 3,474.18 crore. Anpil Mahesh Poiyamozhi has properties worth Rs 1,023.22 crore, Udayanidhi Stalin has properties worth Rs 2,039 crore, Chief Minister’s son-in-law Sabareesan has properties worth Rs 476.16 crore, G Square owns around Rs 24,000 crore worth of land in Tamil Nadu and Telangana, Power and Liquor Excise Minister Senthil Balathamji. It was also reported in the film that collection of Rs.
What is the money to make a film? Annamalai question
Speaking again after this, Annamalai said that those newly joined DMK have property worth 20,000 crore rupees as benami property and it will be released as the second part.
Chief Minister’s son-in-law Sabareesan said that he was involved in laundering black money. Annamalai also said that when the Chief Minister visited Dubai, a company called Noble Steel was signed to invest 1,000 crore rupees in India and Udayanidhi Stalin was the director of this company in 2009 and then resigned and Anbil Mahesh Poiyamozhi was the director in 2016 and then resigned.
After this Chief Minister M.K. He directly accused Stalin of corruption. He said that when the first phase of the Chennai Metro was implemented during the year 2006-11, there was an irregularity in awarding the contract to Oldstam and for this Oldstam paid Rs 200 crore to the Chief Minister. He said the money was given by Indo-European Venture Pvt Ltd, which operates out of Singapore.
“Go to Delhi and change me”
Annamalai said that using Madan Ravichandran, he will soon file a case against him and that he will bring those who put money in Arudra to protest and hand over the case to the CBI.
Annamalai said that not only about DMK but also about all the parties that were in power in Tamil Nadu, he will release corrupt information and if it does not come out, he should go to Delhi and remove himself from the post of leader.
A few minutes after Annamalai made these allegations, the DMK The side also held a press conference. DMK MPs Wilson, N.R. Ilango along with party organizational secretary R.S. Bharti held this press conference.
What did the DMK say?
Annamalai DMK He questioned why the ruling BJP, CBI, Enforcement Division and Income Tax Department did not take any action against them even though they have not charged a single corruption charge against them.
RS said that Annamalai said that he was with the DMK and that he should release the documents within 15 days about the properties and schools or else he will be prosecuted and they will prosecute the allegations made against individuals. Bharti said.
Chief Minister M.K. When asked about the allegation that Stalin took a bribe of Rs 200 crore from Alstom, the BJP, which came to power in 2014, RS questioned what was done all these years. Bharti. If possible, let the CBI file a case, he said.
Annamalai has published the property list of the DMK government and has said that it will publish the property list of all the parties in power in Tamil Nadu. It is noteworthy that a report recently surfaced that Annamalai had expressed his displeasure over the alliance with ADMK in the 2024 parliamentary elections at a party meeting.
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