{"id":3219,"date":"2023-04-26T14:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T08:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/3219\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T14:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T08:35:59","slug":"in-tamil-nadu-audio-row-state-bjp-chief-tweets-second-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsunitedindia.com\/?p=3219","title":{"rendered":"In Tamil Nadu Audio Row, State BJP Chief Tweets Second Clip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-04\/a8ju6kk_tamil-nadu-minister-ptr_625x300_26_April_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Tamil Nadu Minister In A Spot After State BJP Chief's Audio Clip Attack\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Tamil Nadu Minister In A Spot After State BJP Chief's Audio Clip Attack\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Tamil Nadu Minister In A Spot After State BJP Chief's Audio Clip Attack\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-04\/a8ju6kk_tamil-nadu-minister-ptr_625x300_26_April_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-04-26T07:58:16+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=696151&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/26042023_n_TNBJPChief_217479_762163_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T4M45S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-04\/a8ju6kk_tamil-nadu-minister-ptr_625x300_26_April_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=696151&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">In his tweet, K Annamalai also thanked &#8220;PTR&#8221; for &#8220;drawing a proper distinction between DMK and BJP&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Chennai: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai has released a second audio clip, where his party claims state finance minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan is heard denigrating the ruling DMK and accusing Chief Minister MK Stalin&#8217;s family of corruption. In the audio clip \u2013 which NDTV cannot independently verify &#8212; the speaker is heard saying, &#8220;The CM&#8217;s son and son-in-law take away a bulk of the spoils&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In what appears to be a reference to his quitting a party position after becoming minister, the speaker is also heard praising the BJP&#8217;s &#8220;one man one post&#8221; rule and slams DMK for &#8220;lack of system&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In his tweet, Mr Annamalai has thanked &#8220;PTR&#8221; for &#8220;drawing a proper distinction between DMK and BJP&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A similar audio had surfaced recently, in which the speaker &#8212; purportedly PTR &#8212; is heard saying, &#8220;Udhayanidhi (Chief Minister M K Stalin&#8217;s son) and Sabareesan have accumulated 30,000 crore&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the clip &#8220;fabricated&#8221;, the minister had said that &#8220;no malicious attempts to divide us will succeed&#8221;. He had also said &#8220;more such audios and videos&#8221; could come.<\/p>\n<p>On April 14, Mr Annamalai released what he calls the &#8220;DMK files&#8221; in which he alleged that key DMK leaders have accumulated assets worth Rs 1.34 lakh crore. The list included including Chief Minister MK Stalin&#8217;s son and Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, and other ministers including Durai Murugan, EV Velu, K Ponmudy, V Senthil Balaji, and former Union Minister S Jagathrakshakan. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had also alleged that in 2011, during the DMK&#8217;s earlier tenure, Mr Stalin was paid a Rs 200 crore bribe for favouring a private company get a contract to supply coaches for Chennai Metro Rail.<\/p>\n<p>The rail company has denied this, saying &#8220;a fair process was followed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling DMK has denied allegations and issued legal notices to Mr Annamalai, demanding an apology and huge cash damages of upto Rs 500 crore.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Annamalai has refused to apologise and denied he has violated any defamation law. He has also demanded an independent forensic analysis of the audio.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Annamalai has hit back, challenging the minister to produce an incriminating audio clip with his voice.<\/p>\n<p>Since the minister &#8220;is resting on an argument that this audio is fabricated, we challenge him to produce an audio clip with similar content but instead in my voice,&#8221; Mr Annamalai said.<\/p>\n<p>The state BJP leadership has urged Governor RN Ravi to order a forensic audit of the audio clip.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP, which has marginal presence in Tamil Nadu, is also witnessing a strain in ties with ally the AIADMK.<\/p>\n<p>The south party has suffered three consecutive defeats in elections it contested in alliance with the BJP, after which some leaders had aired suspicion that the BJP could engineer a split within its ranks ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP has denied the allegations as baseless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/in-tamil-nadu-audio-row-state-bjp-chief-tweets-second-clip-3979652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his tweet, K Annamalai also thanked &#8220;PTR&#8221; for &#8220;drawing a proper distinction between DMK and BJP&#8221;. 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