In a massive development that is bound to jitter the ruling DMK, another audio clip of Tamil Nadu Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan has released which was shared by BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai on his social media.
Listen to the DMK ecosystem crumbling from within. The 2nd tape of TN State FM Thiru @ptrmadurai.
Special Thanks to TN FM for drawing a proper distinction between DMK & BJP! #DMKFiles pic.twitter.com/FUEht61RVa
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) April 25, 2023
In the alleged audio clip of PTR, he says “I have been a long time proponent of one man one post from the day I entered politics. It is what I like about the BJP. Who looks after the party, who looks after the people, separate those.. right?”
He further goes on to abuse his own partymen saying “Here every (beep) district secretary wants be an MLA and Minister. Who looks after the party? Inaudible.. Ohh. it’s easier to do money management… it is not a system.. They are taking the bulk of the spoils..”
“The party which is the CM’s son and son-in-law, ask them to make the financing.. right? So I decide after watching this for 8 months.. This is not a sustainable model. The great luxury for me if I put my papers in.. In the short term I get out before the shit starts blowing up in their face. I have the like.. kind of.. what do you say.. cleanliness of my conscience that I did not have to like it wasn’t I gave up the fight too early.. I don’t have to say it.. I’m no longer in the post.. it’s not my job.. somebody did it.”, he says.
Earlier an audio clip alleged to be that of DMK Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan had surfaced on social media on 19 April 2023 in which he is believed to have accused members of MK Stalin’s family of making more money in one year than they’ve made during their life time.
“Both Udhay and Sabari have realised, they have made more money in one year than they [unclear] entire lives and now it’s getting to be a problem, how to handle it, how to not get caught, how to get payments here.. [unclear] Its all being made gradually? 10 to 20 crores.. assuming we will say 5000/30000 crores.. [unclear]. How can you [unclear] 5000/30000 crores without paying any [unclear]”, the audio clip supposedly of PTR says. (Some say the amount mentioned in the audio is 5000 crores while others note it is 30000).
The audio clip had surfaced amidst Tamil Nadu BJP K. Annamalai accusing DMK leaders of gaining disproportionate assets over the years.
However PTR gave a lengthy statement denying the audio calling it “malicious”, “fabricated” and “deepfake”.
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