Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, often known as PTR, served because the finance minister in MK Stalin’s authorities in Tamil Nadu for 2 years starting 2021 when the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam got here to energy within the state. On Thursday, the Stalin authorities carried out its cupboard reshuffle. PTR has now been relieved of finance portfolio and is now the state IT minister.
PTR tapes implosion
Tamil Nadu BJP chief Okay Annamalai dropped a bombshell on April 19 with the discharge of an audio clip which he claimed incorporates the voice of PTR making allegations in opposition to Stalin’s members of the family and the DMK leaders.
The 26-second audio clip which Annamalai claimed has the voice of Rajan alleging that Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi and son-in-law V Sabareesan illegally amassed ₹30,000 crore in a yr. HT cannot independently confirm the audio clips.
On April 25, the TN BJP chief launched a 57-second audio clip and known as it PTR-2. Annamalai claimed it additionally incorporates voice of PTR who is seemingly drawing parallels between the DMK and the BJP. The speaker within the audio claims he’s a long-time proponent of 1 man, one put up, a norm within the BJP.
The audio is minimize in components because the speaker goes on to say,“…It isn’t a system. They’re taking a bulk of the spoils…The social gathering which is the CM’s son and son-in-law…So I made a decision after watching this for 8 months, this isn’t a sustainable mannequin. The good luxurious for me is that if I put my papers in, within the brief time period I get out earlier than the shit begins blowing up of their face. And I’ve the cleanliness of my conscience.”
Following the discharge of tapes, Palanivel Thiaga Rajan had issued a denial and stated the tapes had been ‘fabricated’, refuting claims of getting made remarks in opposition to the CM’s son and son-in-law.
The DMK chief had shared purported movies of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, saying they had been digitally altered. “If such genuine trying movies could be machine-generated, think about what all could be accomplished with audio information. I strongly and particularly deny having stated to any particular person, personally or on the cellphone at any level of time what’s contained within the audio clip being circulated on the social media since yesterday, the supply of which no person accepts possession for,” he had stated.
On Thursday, the Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin filed a defamation go well with in opposition to Annamalai for making corruption allegations in opposition to him and his cupboard colleagues. The defamation go well with stated the accusations had been made with out foundation and proof. It accused the TN BJP chief of resorting to political ill-will.