Jailed Tamil Nadu Minister without portfolio V. Senthilbalaji, who was arrested in June last year by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering case, resigned from the Cabinet on Monday (February 12).
While well placed sources in the government confirmed he had sent his resignation to Chief Minister M. K. Stalin from the Puzhal Central Prison, at the time of filing this report, there was no official communication on the same.
The case has its roots in an alleged cash for job scam in the Metropolitan Transport Corporation that took place when Mr. Senthilbalaji was the Transport Minister (2011-15) in the Jayalalithaa Cabinet.
