00:00Let's move on to Tamil Nadu.
00:02Days ago, we saw the arrest of former DMK minister, senior leader Anvil Mahesh.
00:06Today, raids on another senior leader, another former minister, K.N. Nehru,
00:11who was accused in a cash-for-job scam.
00:14This is the vigilance department that conducted these raids.
00:16And while the DMK says it's all a political conspiracy that DMK is being targeted,
00:22their senior leaders are being targeted by TVK, by agencies,
00:26the TVK says this is a crackdown on corruption that has been waiting to happen.
00:39First, Senthil Balaji was raided.
00:44Then, Anvil Mahesh was arrested.
00:50Now, it's K.N. Nehru who is raided.
00:53DMK's former ministers are facing the heat
00:56as Vijay government carries out a crackdown on corruption.
01:00K.N. Nehru is the second former minister to face action in one week
01:03with the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption
01:06conducting raids in an alleged cash-for-job scam.
01:10Around 25 locations across Tamil Nadu linked to K.N. Nehru were raided.
01:14The DMK MLA has called the raids a witch-hunt against his party.
01:18M. Nehru can talk to us about or so.
01:48The DMK is accusing the TVK government of using raid to divert public attention from
01:54criticism over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
01:59The party also took a dig at Chief Minister Vijay, using a jailer to poster to mock him.
02:04The TVK has hit back saying no one involved in corruption will be spared.
02:33Adding to the DMK's troubles, another party leader, a close aide of former
02:38minister Anubil Mahesh, has surrendered before a court and was subsequently arrested.
02:43DMK leader Muthu Kumar is a suspect in an alleged bribery case involving approvals for private
02:50schools.
02:51The TVK has accused the previous DMK government of looting public money and leaving the state's
02:55finances depleted.
02:57These are politically motivated tactics ahead of the Tiruchi bipoles.
03:09So is this political vendetta or a corruption crackdown?
