Tamil Nadu: CM MK Stalin info defamation case in the direction of BJP’s Annamalai over ‘DMK info’

On Wednesday, May 10, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo MK Stalin filed a defamation lawsuit in the direction of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Ok Annamalai after the BJP chief launched the “DMK Files” alleging corruption by the Tamil Nadu CM, his relations, and numerous different DMK leaders. The petition was filed by City Public Prosecutor G Devarajan on behalf of MK Stalin.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin info a defamation case in the direction of State BJP president Ok Annamalai. This is in reference to the “DMK Files” launched by the latter and press conferences held by him on this regard.

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The petitioner argued throughout the plea filed sooner than the Madras High Court’s first bench that the “files” launched by Annamalai to the press on April 14 are baseless and devoid of any respectable proof. The petition extra claimed that Annamalai’s accusations about Stalin had been defamatory in nature and have tarnished the image of the Tamil Nadu CM. 

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While others, along with Udhayanidhi Stalin, Kanimozhi MP, TR Baalu, and RS Bharathi, had despatched approved notices to Annamalai and demanded an unconditional apology, CM Stalin has reportedly filed a case beneath Section 199 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr PC) sooner than the Principal Session Judge in Chennai Egmore courtroom.

The DMK Files

On April 14, 2023, Ok Annamalai, the President of the BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit disclosed a group of papers titled ‘DMK Files’ on alleged corruption all through the DMK authorities. 

The DMK leaders’ belongings had been “worth Rs 1.34 lakh crore,” primarily based on calculations and estimates made by the BJP chief. Annamalai acknowledged at a press conference on 14th April, “DMK files will not end with a single part; every party that ruled the state will be disclosed before 2024.” If I’m going to disclose corruption, I need to expose everyone’s corruption.”

The state BJP chief had accused DMK leaders Jagatratchagan, E V Velu, Ok N Nehru, Kanimozhi, Kalanidhi Maran, T R Baalu, Kalanithi Veerasamy, Duraimurugan, Kathir Anand, Arcot Veersamy, Kalanithi Veerasamy, and Ok Ponmudy, amongst others, of asset irregularities.

Annamalai had moreover expressed concern regarding the funding of Minister and MK Stalin’s son, Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Red Giant Movies, ties between M Ok Stalin’s son-in-law Sabareesan and George’s Bank director Srinivas Venkatesh in England, and an settlement Stalin signed with the Noble group of companies, the place ministers Udhayanidhi Stalin and Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi had been allegedly as quickly as directors. Additionally, Annamalai implicated CM Stalin with corruption in relation to the Metro Phase 1 contract, which befell between 2006 and 2011 in the middle of the DMK authorities.