The Supreme Court of India granted conditional bail to DMK leader Senthil Balaji on 26 September 2024 in the cash-for-jobs scam money laundering case.
Due to the unlikely prospect of an early trial completion and his prolonged detention, the Court decided to grant him bail despite acknowledging the existence of a prima facie case against him.
The court also noted that if at all the appellant Senthil Balaji seeks adjournments on frivolous grounds or creates hurdles in the early disposal of the case, his bail would stand revoked.
Welcoming this judgement, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin called Senthil Balaji his “dear brother” and heaped praises on the scam-accused leader saying “Your sacrifice is great! Endurance is greater than that!“, as if he was a freedom fighter.
In light of this, MK Stalin’s own videos of him deriding Senthil Balaji back in 2016 has surfaced.
MK Stalin in the run up to the 2016 Assembly elections had made a blistering attack on Senthil Balaji who was then a Minister in the AIADMK. He said “Senthil Balaji and his brother have the entire Karur district under their control in terms of looting, doing corruption, getting bribes. People living in Karur district are well aware of this. Kidnapping, land grabbing cases are in court. They had brought a ticket vending machine for state transport buses. I was the one to talk about the corruption in that deal with proof in the Assembly. There has been no rejoinder to that. Not just that, an engineering student named Gokul was kidnapped, given death threats, his properties seized. His family went to the court and the case is pending and today there is no clue about where Gokul is.”
தமிழக முதல்வர் திரு @mkstalin அவர்களின் நீண்ட நாள் ஆசை இன்று நிறைவேறியது.
தொடர் ஊழல் குற்றச்சாட்டுக்கு ஆளாகியுள்ள திரு செந்தில் பாலாஜியை உடனடியாக அமைச்சர் பதவியிலிருந்து நீக்க வேண்டும் என்று தமிழக முதல்வரை வலியுறுத்துகிறேன்! pic.twitter.com/GyQeKv3Edw
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) June 13, 2023
In another video, Stalin says “The candidate standing in this constituency on behalf of ADMK, had splurged money, that too scientifically. That too his close friend Anbunathan. Already there was a raid at his home. Recently, there was news of ₹570 crores being confiscated in Tirupur. We don’t know yet whether it is ₹570 crore or ₹5700 crores, it has not come to light. It is going to come to light. The officers right now are hesitant to take action fearing the powers that be. But Kalaignar won’t leave. Even if Kalaignar leaves him, I won’t leave him. Kalaignar is gracious enough to pardon. His nature is such. But those who have done wrong should not just be warned but punished!”
கலைஞர் மன்னிச்சாலும் நான் மன்னிக்க மாட்டேன்.
அடடா, எப்படி பட்ட வரிகள்! pic.twitter.com/iZQaI3CuOX
— Krishna Kumar Murugan (@ikkmurugan) September 26, 2024
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