Coimbatore: “Former Minister Anbil Mahesh has been arrested and jailed in connection with corruption. Udhayanidhi kept saying, ‘Open the file.’ We have opened only one file,” said Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar.
Speaking to reporters at Coimbatore airport today, he said: 17 people escaped from the Theni prison. Of them, 4 have been caught. Efforts are being intensified to track down and apprehend the escapees.
DGP Sandip Rai Rathore and officials are conducting an inspection there to determine whether there are security lapses in the prison.
Former minister Anbil Mahesh has been arrested and jailed in connection with corruption.
A former minister has been arrested for taking party funds. This is a major embarrassment for the DMK. The former deputy chief minister had been saying, “Open the file.” We have opened only one file. The DMK should be ashamed of its corruption.
Yesterday in court, DMK members were shouting that it should have been held in Karur. If so, what were they planning in Karur? That word would not have come out without a plan. Whatever they had planned, they spoke emotionally outside, beyond even that.
Everyone knows how many people disappeared and how many went missing in the 2G case. During the DMK regime, many people went missing. Stalin says without shame that we are taking revenge. The government has no need to take revenge on anyone.
The Chief Minister has many files. Wherever irregularities have taken place, inquiries will be conducted and action will be taken.
In connection with the student Akilan suicide case, the police have conducted a detailed investigation. Whoever has committed a mistake will be made to face punishment.
27,000 applications have been received for installing rooftop solar. We have set a target of 100,000 by March.
There was no power outage at the Chennai Thirumazhisai electric crematorium. The problem was with the cables at the municipal electric crematorium.
The government is consulting on the fixed charge. To ensure there are no mistakes in electricity billing, we have been holding review meetings continuously. We are buying most of our electricity only from the central pool.
There is no power-surplus state. Our own generation is only 5,300 megawatts. A power-surplus state is one that meets the state's needs through its own generation; such a place does not exist anywhere,” he said.
