The TVK chief has accused the DMK of corruption following ED raids on TASMAC, Tamil Nadu's state-run liquor monopoly. The Enforcement Directorate revealed Rs 1,000 crore irregularities in TASMAC operations, including tender manipulation and unaccounted cash transactions. The TVK leader demanded an independent probe into the scam, claiming DMK is protecting the guilty and has betrayed the people of Tamil Nadu.
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00:00We have some more breaking news that's coming in. TVK chief has attacked DMK over the ED
00:04TASMAC raids. TVK chief says that this alarming corruption that has been by DMK that has been
00:12exposed. Vijay says that the DMK is complicit in liquor scam. He further says that DMK is
00:18protecting the guilty and that they've betrayed the people of Tamil Nadu. Now Vijay has also
00:23demanded independent probe into the TASMAC scam. The Enforcement Directorate had earlier
00:30revealed Rs 1,000 crore irregularities in the TASMAC. They had said that the searches
00:35were also conducted against key associates linked to Prohibition and Excise Department
00:39Minister Senthil Balaji. This is the TASMAC scam that has a monopoly over liquor trade
00:44in Tamil Nadu and the ED had raided, conducted certain raids in the scam which is including
00:50manipulation in the tender processes and unaccounted cash transactions worth Rs 1,000 through distillery
00:56companies and now TVK chief Vijay has hit out at the DMK saying that the ED raids in
01:02the TASMAC scam have exposed DMK. They have exposed the corruption by DMK and that the
01:07people have been cheated by DMK in Tamil Nadu. So in the latest TVK chief has attacked DMK
01:16over the ED TASMAC raids saying that alarming corruption by the DMK has been exposed. Vijay
01:22says that DMK is complicit in the liquor scam, the TASMAC scam is what they are claiming.
01:27He's also said that DMK is protecting the guilty and that DMK has betrayed the people
01:31of Tamil Nadu. Vijay has further demanded independent probe into the scam and this is
01:37in relation to the raids that ED had conducted in the TASMAC scam which has monopoly over
01:43liquor trade in Tamil Nadu and the raids were also on manipulation in the tender processes.
01:52My colleague Pramod Madhav is joining me on the phone line with more details. Pramod give
01:57us more details on this TASMAC scam that Vijay is talking about. He's demanded an independent
02:01probe into the scam and he's also said that the DMK is protecting the guilty. What can
02:05you tell us about that? Certainly Shethna. TASMAC is an organisation that like depends
02:10on the government, belongs to the government and in Tamil Nadu there is a different setup
02:13where unlike other states, you cannot buy liquor or procure liquor differently. So in
02:18the state of Tamil Nadu, the government owned TASMAC shops are the ones that sell liquor
02:23for the public consumption and this is where Enforcement Directorate has gone ahead and
02:28conducted a raid for nearly a week where nearly up to 1,000 crores worth of scam has been
02:35reportedly announced by ED. Various officials from TASMAC have colluded with various distributors
02:42and sellers indirectly during the various processes which also includes the tenders
02:48and such and this is what Vijay, EPS and other leaders are now demanding an open investigation
02:53upon. And also, earlier also one of the ministers called Senthil Banerjee from DMK who was arrested
02:59earlier by ED, he was former minister for, he was also taking care of TASMAC earlier.
03:04So everything is like surrounding DMK and now the opposition is mounting attack on DMK
03:10claiming that the detailed investigation and an independent investigation must be conducted
03:14on this TASMAC scam, Shetna.
03:17Absolutely, Pramod. Thank you for bringing us those details.