DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on June 13 questioned the act of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searching the office of Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji at the State Secretariat even though he had promised to cooperate with the officials of the ED and was ready to give proper reply for any documents seized.
“I do not understand why there is a need for the search at the Secretariat. I do not know whether they want to convey the message that they could conduct raids in the Secretariat and make use of it to threaten us. It clearly shows that the investigation agency functions with ulterior political motives,” he charged in a statement while the searches were under way.
Mr. Stalin alleged the BJP Government at the Centre would always make use of the official agencies under its control against its political opponents. “I have been saying that is the only way they know and there are a lot of similar examples in the country. Many States have witnessed such incidents,” he said.
