Stalin dismisses ED allegations on TASMAC, sandmining scams as "Centre produced, ED-enacted dramas"

CHENNAI: (Apr 11) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin has strongly condemned the BJP for reducing the ED into an "errand department" and dubbed the alleged Rs 1,000 crore TASMAC scam and the illegal sandmining to the tune of nearly Rs 5,000 crore as "BJP-scripted and ED enacted dramas".

In an interview to PTI, he alleged the entire nation was witnessing how the BJP-led Union government was trying to oppress opposition parties by reducing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into a "servile agency" and thereby fabricating false cases and foisting them.

"We have seen High Courts and even the Supreme Court censure the ED on several occasions. The things you pointed out were BJP at the Centre scripted and ED enacted dramas," he said.