Tamil Nadu BJP President Nainar Nagenthran levelled corruption allegations against the DMK government, claiming that funds had been pre-allocated to the State Highways Department even before the presentation of the state budget.
In a statement on his X handle, Nagenthran said it was “shocking” that the DMK government had issued a Government Order allocating ₹2,000 crore to the State Highways Department for the 2026-27 financial year despite the budget for the period not yet being tabled.
He further alleged that the Chennai Corporation administration had been issuing an average of 40 tenders per day and was moving in haste to complete works worth around ₹4,000 crore, raising suspicions about the timing and urgency of the projects.
Pointing out procedural concerns, the BJP leader said government tenders typically take several months to be processed, but in this instance, the Government Order for Highways Department tenders had allegedly been issued within just three days. He also claimed that the Greater Chennai Corporation had floated 248 tenders in February alone and questioned how such a volume had been processed in such a short time.
Nagenthran asked whether these moves were part of a strategy by the DMK government to collect commissions ahead of elections and called on Chief Minister MK Stalin to provide an explanation.
He further alleged that the government had been misusing taxpayers’ money over the past four-and-a-half years and accused it of attempting to extract commissions in the remaining months before elections. He asserted that such efforts would not succeed and said that the “truth would come out,” adding that people of Tamil Nadu would bring an end to what he described as a regime of commissions.
திமுக அரசின் அடுத்த ஊழல்!
வரும் 2026-27 நிதியாண்டுக்கான பட்ஜெட் இன்னும் தாக்கல் செய்யப்படாத நிலையில், முன்கூட்டியே மாநில நெடுஞ்சாலை துறைக்கு ₹2,000 கோடி ஒதுக்கி, திமுக அரசு அரசாணையை வெளியிட்டுள்ளது மிகுந்த அதிர்ச்சியளிக்கிறது. இது ஒருபுறமிருக்க, சென்னை பெருநகர மாநகராட்சி…
— Nainar Nagenthran (@NainarBJP) February 12, 2026
Source: Dinamalar
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