File case or face one: Stalin dares TN power minister over alleged inappropriate payments

DMK president MK Stalin has circulated a purported audit note of TANGEDCO, Tirunelvelli region, that states about ₹9.17 crore collected from a consumer for bogus energy allotment made without generation.

DMK president MK Stalin on Friday said he would file a case against Tamil Nadu electricity minister P Thangamani over alleged inappropriate payments made by the state power utility if the latter fails to file a case against him within a week.

DMK president MK Stalin told reporters in Chennai that he has provided proof of irregular payment for buying wind power. (PTI/File Photo)

Denying Thangamani’s charge that he was providing wrong information, Stalin told reporters in Chennai that he has provided proof of irregular payment for buying wind power.

Stalin has circulated a purported audit note of TANGEDCO Tirunelvelli region that states about ₹9.17 crore collected from a consumer for bogus energy allotment made without generation.

The DMK leader further said that the party had first raised the issue of sale of gutkha — a banned tobacco product in the state — in the assembly and later filed a case in Madras high court.

The gutkha case is now being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

According to Stalin, if Thangamani fails to file a case against him as declared earlier for spreading baseless charges within a week, he (Stalin) would file a case in the court against the minister.