You have a woman who seems to have a mind of her own. (at the cost of the country,well,when you don’t bother about your Father, this is nothing)
What else can poor Karunanidhi do,especially when she happens to be the step sister of his politically ambitious sons?
Where does the party come into this picture?
We have different rules for the Rulers and the Ruled.
Naive people like Gandhiji, Kamaraj and Kakkan do not know anything about party or Country.
We shall believe Slogans on Tamil,Tamils,Dravidians,Brahmins vs Non-Brahmin’s, Aryan Conspiracy,’I shall give you my self’ dialogs, Poor Sudra,take free liquor and Biriyani on Election Day and worship ‘Muthamizh Vithagar,Tamizhinath Thalaivar, Tamizhavel Dr.Kalaignar.
In his address to the party’s high level committee, excerpts of which were released to the press, he stressed that he would not sacrifice the party’s interest to protect any individual.
“I have never succumbed to any design to betray our party. And I, for one, don’t believe that this movement I lead should ever bow before anybody,” he declared.
At the same time, he backed Ms. Kanimozhi to the hilt, declaring that he looked at her more as an efficient party volunteer than as his daughter.
“Nobody can say her rise is because she is my daughter,” he claimed. He cited her activities in organising job fairs in different parts of Tamil Nadu, at which 1.34 lakh people had got employment, and in conducting the ‘Chennai Sangamam,’ a cultural show featuring the state’s folk arts, to argue that she had done much for society at large.
“It is out of jealousy that many are against Ms. Kanimozhi,” Mr. Karunanidhi said.
He said she was reluctant to attend the high-level committee meeting at the DMK headquarters because hundreds of reporters and photographers were waiting outside her residence to raise questions.
“I went there personally to fetch her for this meeting. Not because I wanted to save my daughter, but because one must understand that protecting her on behalf of the party is important to ensure that the party’s image is not tainted.”
Close on the heels of Kanimozhi being charge sheeted in the Supplementary FIR in the 2G Scam, her arrest seems to be imminent.
She has been charged with co- conspiracy and Prevention of Corruption Act.
Excerpts from the Charge Sheet.
“Investigation has disclosed that there are a no. of circumstances which together conclusively establish that the amount of Rs. 200 crore (the rest was interest) paid by Dynamix Realty to Kalaignar TV through Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables and Cineyug Films was not a genuine business transaction but in the nature of illegal gratification paid in lieu of the UAS Licenses, valuable spectrum and other undue benefits given by the accused public servants to Swan Telecom.
The refund of the entire amount has occurred after the registration of the CBI case. In fact the date when the refund of the amount started, 23.12.10, coincides with the date when accused A Raja was asked to join investigation at the CBI office on 24.12.10 and 25.12.10. A major chunk of funds was refunded after 25.12.10.
Investigation has established that pursuant to the criminal conspiracy, accused Raja, Sharad Kumar, Kanimozhi, stakeholders of KTV, accepted and received an illegal gratification of Rs. 200 crore in KTV from accused Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka from the accounts of DB Group Companies in 2008-09, as a reward in lieu of the undue favours shown by Raja, in connivance with other accusd public servants, in allocation of UAS Licenses, valuable and scarce spectrum in various telecom companies and other undue favours to Swan Telecom during 2008-09.“
Karunanidhi seems to have discussed the issue with M.K.Stalin and Alagiri and they seem to be of the opinion that nothing is to be done in this case as the deal with Congress has been struck for the Election 2011,touching on this issue as well-of the imminent naming of Kanimozhi in the FIR.(TimesNow).
The threat of DMK Executive Committee meeting (as indicated in the DMK Press Note that’ despite all co-operation rendered’ by the DMK to CBI, it has charge sheeted Kani mozhi’) on 27th seems to be an empty threat.
Indications are the threat will remain as what it is-a Threat.
A deal seems to have been struck by the Congress with DMK prior to present polls that Dayalu,wife of Karunanidhi will be spared and Kanimozhi will be charge sheeted.
Karunanidhi’s sons M.K .Stalin and Azhagiri seem to have suggested that nothing is to be done by the party to save Kanimozhi as she has brought disrepute(?) to the family.( for the uninitiated,Kanimozhi is the Daughter of Karunanidhi through Rajathi, his companion(!?)
Despite being the stake holder of 60% in Kalaignar TV,Dayalu is being let off as’she has declared that she does not know English and the day to day affairs are managed by Kalaignar TV CEO Sharath Kumar.( Kanimozhis has 20 % stake).
In legal parlance this will enable Dayalu to plead ‘not culpable'(some defense!)
Let’s watch how the Family drama pans out.
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The CBI on Monday named five more people, including Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi‘s daughter and DMK MPKanimozhi, co-accused in the supplementary chargesheet filed by the CBI in connection with the 2G spectrum case.
Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal has, however, not been named in the 2G case.
Karunanidhi has amassed wealth beyond wildest imagination for a man who ‘landed in Chennai with a Steel trunk’
His Family Tree shall make Royal Court Of Arms wince.
His method of creating benamis is to be seen to be believed.
-Wife,Companions,Sons,Daughters,Grand sons, Grand daughters,Nephews, Nieces,Sister,sisters son in laws,Son in law,son in laws’s parents.his next in command in the party,party men, Bureaucrats,Drivers, Peons and cooks.
He has a Trust in his parent’s name which he controls indirectly.
His kin have been acquiring Educational institutions and Real Estate on a large-scale.
He owns Industries indirectly.
To know more please read my blog filed under ‘Corruption’
How has he become such a power in Tamil Nadu?
Separate blog Follows.
He has a TV Network-Kalaignar TV , from which he withdrew in Public but his wife holds shares.
His grand sons control the Film industry having production and distribution Houses-Red Giant Movies,Cloud Nine movies-his nephew production House Sun Movies.
Sun TV Network is controlled by his sister’s son at the top and Bangalore Operations are controlled by his son in law.
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This week, continuing its campaign against out-of-turn allotments of land and property, TEHELKA has an exposé on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. The Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) which commands a large land bank, has a government discretionary quota (GDQ) under which 15 percent of all allotments can be recommended by the CM. Eligibility for allotment under GDQ is as follows: single/deserted women; widows; social workers; physically handicapped persons; defence personnel; ex-servicemen; eminent persons in the field of science, arts, literature, economics, public administration and sports; freedom fighters; government servants with unblemished service records; employees of PSUs, central government undertakings and nationalised banks; PF institutions; journalists; university staff; and employees of local bodies and municipalities.
While some of these categories sound kosher, most of them raise a fundamental question: why should the government have the power to give coveted land to select employees and journalists over others? The only rationale could be proximity — which is an untenable reason for being the beneficiary of political favours, often worth several crores.
PERHAPS THE starkest example of a family member whose phenomenal growth started completely outside democratic space is Azhagiri, Karunanidhi’s second son, now the Union chemicals and fertilisers minister. The 62-year-old contested his first election only in 2009, from the Madurai constituency. What looked like a political debut, however, was only a legitimisation of his iron grip over the southern districts for more than 30 years. In the recently leaked phone taps that exposed the 2G spectrum scam, TN Information Technology Minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna, speaking to telecom lobbyist Niira Radia, referred to Azahagiri as “a cut-throat politician”.
It all started with a banishment. In the early 1980s, Karunanidhi had sent Azhagiri, then a bank employee, to Madurai, which was his wife Kanthi’s home town. He was to run the Madurai edition of the DMK mouthpieceMurasoli, but was given no say in editorial decisions. He soon lost interest and directed his energies to other profitable ventures. Visibly, Azhagiri now runs a TV channel, a cable service provider (Royal Video), a wedding hall and a huge showroom of silk textiles. But covertly, he also controls the muscle power and moneybags that run the city — the contractors, brokers and land mafia. “Do you know how many stories I’ve written about people who’ve been threatened, harassed or killed after going to the police or court to challenge Azhagiri and his associates?” asks Idaya, a Maduraibased Tamil journalist. “After a point, I realised that there is no point in criticising the king in his own court.”
As Azhagiri unleashed his kangaroo courts, extortion rackets and henchmen on Madurai, election after election, the city’s largely working class population kept voting CPM candidates to the Lok Sabha, and the AIADMK to the legislature. “Azhagiri used to say that Madurai was being run by the wrong parties,” says TKS Elangovan, senior DMK leader and Rajya Sabha MP. In 1996, when the DMK swept the state, Azhagiri didn’t waste any time. “He used this opportunity to strengthen the DMK cadre in the south,” says Elangovan. When asked to elaborate on Azhagiri’s modus operandi, Elangovan grins broadly. “Hard work and charisma,” he says.
A long list of Election Commission notices to the Madurai wing of the DMK is less circumspect. It has found Azhagiri’s men guilty of dropping sealed envelopes with Rs. 500 notes in voters’ letter boxes (four notes for four voters) and his cable operators offering six months free usage to subscribers. Cartons of saris were found stored in the house of Azhagiri’s right-hand man, to be distributed at a rally. Weekly biriyani feasts were being held in slums, and women were being given cash coupons or pamphlets that could be exchanged for Rs. 100 at DMK offices. Before every election, goons were making door-to-door visits with sickles hanging down their backs. If anyone dared to protest, their land was confiscated and their vehicles destroyed.
While his men lashed through Madurai, Azhagiri himself cultivated the manner of a benevolent regional don with the dangerous unpredictability of a Sonny Corleone. Several Madurai-based bureaucrats, all of whom requested anonymity, admitted to having received death threats directly from Azhagiri in his pre-ministerial days. “If I didn’t give the tenders to the men he wanted me to, he would smile softly, look at his henchmen, and leave the room,” says a senior PWD employee. “It was the scariest thing in the world.”
After signing a deal to acquire 37.73 percent stake in budget carrier SpiceJet, Sun TV Network promoter Kalanithi Maran on Monday made the mandatory open offer to buy another 20 percent from the public at Rs 57.76 per share. ( Watch )The offer has been made by Kal Airways , promoted by Maran and his wife Kareri, based on the two-week average daily high and low price of SpiceJet equity shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), where it is listed, the managers to the issue said.
Some interesting facts also emerged from the open offer made on Monday:
– Kalanidhi Maran’s net worth was Rs 13,384 crore ($2.97 billion) as on June 10
– The new promoters propose to change the name of SpiceJet after acquisition and shift its registered office away from Gurgaon
– They have, however, undertaken not to sell any substantial asset of the airline
– SpiceJet was previously called Genius Leasing, M.G. Express, Modiluft and Royal Airways
– The airline has now been given permission overseas to Bangladesh, the Maldives and Nepal.
Commenting on the deal, Jagannadham Thunuguntla, equities head at leading brokerage SMC Capitals, said SpiceJet was among few airlines in India and globally which was running profitably.
“In the future if the government relaxes foreign investment norms for airlines, then SpiceJet can become a target for acquisition for a foreign carrier, netting the promoters a handsome premium,” Thunuguntla told IANS.
He said apart from the profits, which amounted to Rs 61.44 crore in the year ended March 31, the carrier can also fly abroad. In this regard, the Sun Network brand can capitalise on the large south Indian Indian diaspora in east Asia.
Maran’s SUN TV Network boasts 20 channels that reach 95 million households in India. It also beams to 27 overseas destinations with large south Indian diaspora including the US, Canada, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
This apart, in its quest to be called a complete media and entertainment company, it runs 45 FM radio stations, two daily newspapers with a circulation of 1.2 million, four magazines and a direct-to-home satellite TV service with 5.5 million subscribers.
Its cinema arm makes at least eight movies every year, several of them with one of the biggest budgets for Indian films.
Election officials seized Rs 5.11 crore of unaccounted money in a pre-dawn raid in Trichy on Tuesday.
Is this Democracy?
People should ponder.
Dravidian parties have sullied the image of Tamils throughout the world.
I am unable to face the barbs of Non-Tamils
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It’s raining “dirty cash” inTamil Nadu as the assembly elections inch nearer. Election officialsseized Rs 5.11 crore of unaccounted money in a pre-dawn raid in Trichy on Tuesday. This is thus far the biggest such recovery in the state, where the total amount of unaccounted cash seized by poll officials has touched Rs 25 crore since elections were announced last month.
The consignment – bundled into five leather travel bags – was stashed atop the roof of a private bus stationed at Pon Nagar, an upper middle class locality in Trichy.
Directly in the line of fire was senior DMK leader and state transport minister K. N. Nehru, who is seeking re-election from the Trichy (West) constituency – Pon Nagar falls under this area.
Interestingly, the owner of the bus, Udayakumar, is a close relative of the minister.
Tirupur: The flying squads, consisting of revenue and police officials, seized unaccounted money to the tune of Rs. 22.78 lakh from four places in the district during day-long checks conducted on Saturday. Official sources said that the cars carrying money were intercepted at Tirupur South, Palladam, Dharapuram and Kangeyam Assembly constituencies.
Of the amount, Rs. 8.11 lakh was seized from Palladam, Rs. 2 lakh from Kangeyam, Rs. 7 lakh from Dharapuram and Rs. 5.66 lakh from Nallur in Tirupur South constituency.
Treasuries
Police sources said that the seized money were remitted to the respective sub-treasuries since the carriers of the cash were unable to produce valid documents.
The matter would be investigated by the Income Tax department and the amount would be given back to its owners if they could prove the source of income, sources added.
In just 11 days after the election model code of conduct came into effect, unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 15 crore, for possible use to bribe voters, has been seized in Tamil Nadu.
The cash was impounded at various places, including Madurai, Erode, Thirukkovilur and Ramanathapuram during intense vehicle surveillance at check-posts by flying squads appointed for each of the 234 Assembly constituencies in the state.
Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Praveen Kumar said at a press conference here on Saturday that in Madurai alone, about Rs 3.50 crore was seized after intercepting four cars. The occupants claimed that the money was being taken for inter-bank transfers, but could not properly account for it, he said. Acting on another tip-off, Rs 11.5 crore was stumbled upon during a search at the residence of a woman Congress councillor in Tiruppur, the CEO said.
“Since her husband is a realtor, probe is on to ascertain whether the cash was meant for election purpose or part of the latter’s normal business activity,” he added.
Reiterating that the EC in conjunction with the Income-Tax department would keep a close watch on cash flow in the state, Praveen kumar said about three lakh “beedies” were seized at Thirukkovliur in Villupuram district.
A brief summary of Vadivelu’s speech, “CM Karunanidhi has announced many freebies like free laptops for students and free bus ride in government as well as private bus routes. He has announced the help of Rs. 10, 000 for pregnant women. I could earn only after my 25 years, but now the fetal itself can earn 1000 per month.
CM post is not a musical chair. You (Vijayakanth) launched your party just because a small portion of your marriage hall was demolished. I am challenging you !!!! if you are the CM, I will be the PM…. If you are the PM, I will be the President… If you are the president, I am OBAMA. Many asked me, would you contest against Vijayakanth. If I contest against Vijayakanth it’s a great shame for me only. My only aim is to sweep out Vijayakanth’s whole team and to campaign vigorously for DMK’s victory.
Don’t you feel shame to claim yourself as ‘Black MGR’? If you are the Black MGR, then I will have to claim myself as Black Nehru. Would Sonia Gandhi agree if I claim myself as Black Nehru? The same applies for you too.
Annan Azhagiri and Stalin are like Lion cubs of Ayya. If the CM wins again, he will keep up his promise and will do more than promised.”
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