Chennai, Nov 6 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday alleged corruption during the previous DMK regime in procurement of books for Periyar Knowledge World in Coimbatore and said Professor Perumal Murugan has exposed it and that he should be commended.
Hitting out at the DMK as the “fountainhead of corruption,” he alleged that it has come to light it is “always a crowd of graft.”
The CM ridiculed the DMK alleging a group that claims to be guardians of the Tamil language, soil and its dignity, and which makes other tall claims in this regard in order to deceive the people would always be the “crowd of corruption.”
An example has come to light and it is graft in the procurement of books for Periyar Arivulagam (Periyar Knowledge World), he alleged.
During the previous DMK regime, a committee to recommend books for new libraries was constituted, and a Government Order dated November 5, 2025 had been issued.
“Perumal Murugan, who served on a committee responsible for recommending books including modern literature has himself brought to light the corruption involved in the procurement of books for Periyar Arivulagam. He must be praised for uncovering the very source of this corruption.”
The DMK brass has been claiming that it built Periyar Knowledge World after much scrutiny. The world now mocks it for meticulous graft in procurement, he alleged.
“The DMK has engaged in corruption in a slightly different way, turning Coimbatore Periyar Knowledge World itself into a world of corruption,” the ruling TVK founder alleged in a statement.
He alleged that the DMK, which has made a habit of continuously engaging in corruption will never be forgiven by Tamil Nadu’s future generations as well. “The families of Tamil Nadu will henceforth not spare the DMK.”
The DMK will not be able to make a “bounce back in the people’s court” as it is continuously making history in indulging in corruption and loot by using the name of reformist leader Periyar EV Ramasamy and the Tamil language, he alleged.
The previous DMK regime saw countless corruptions including in municipal administration department, state-run liquor corporation (TASMAC) and in tenders, he claimed.
“That the DMK is a party which built a very huge world of corruption for themselves by way of corruption in every department is getting exposed one after the other,” he alleged.
The CM, without mentioning former DMK Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi’s name, referred to his arrest in the cash-for-approvals for private schools scam.
In continuation of such scams, now one more has emerged, he said, and condemned, “corruption in the library too intended for the use of our children and students.”
This will not shock those who know the history of the DMK. “However, our hearts tremble as it is all people’s money.”
Even at the time of entering politics, the TVK declared at its conference that it is the DMK that has been looting using Periyar’s name.
“To this day, without making any compromises, we alone have been telling that the DMK is the very fountainhead of corruption. The DMK itself has proven that everything we have ever said about them is true. As a current example of this, the book procurement scam that took place at the Periyar Arivulagam in Coimbatore stands as proof,” Vijay said.
(PTI News)
