CM Stalin accuses BJP-led centre of 'daydreaming' about intimidating DMK with income tax searches
India TV NewsM. K. Stalin, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and President of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, has criticised the recent Income Tax Department's searches as "intimidatory tactics" aimed at the DMK. In his address, which was read out by his son and Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, the Chief Minister claimed that the Income Tax department's actions were driven by the DMK's efforts to expose the "anti-people" stance of the BJP. These comments come after recent Income Tax searches on properties linked to Tamil Nadu Public Works Minister E V Velu and DMK MP S Jagathrakshakan. Stalin also took the opportunity to allege that the Income Tax Department and the Enforcement Directorate primarily target states ruled by opposition parties and suggested that officials in BJP-ruled states do not conduct similar investigations.