Kodanad video row: DMK holds "siege" Raj Bhavan rally

The DMK Thursday held a protest demonstration near Raj Bhavan here urging Governor Banwarilal Purohit to direct Chief Minister K Palaniswami to resign from his post for a fair probe into the Kodanad heist case.

Raising slogans like "CM must resign, Governor take action," and holding placards, the DMK demonstration which threw traffic out of gear for hours here was led by city based leaders former Mayor Ma Subramanian, P K Sekar Babu, J Anbazhagan and Madhavaram S Sudarsanam.

Apart from seeking Palaniswami's resignation, the main opposition party demanded a probe by a Special Investigation Team, comprising officers of the rank of Inspector General of Police and further investigation into the "mysterious death" of alleged key conspirator Kanagaraj in the Kodanad case.

Days ago, the DMK had submitted a petition to the Governor pressing the same demands and AIADMK leaders too had met Purohit to present their case and accused the main opposition party of making false allegations to seek "political mileage."
Asked on DMK's earlier petitions to Governor levelling corruption charges against some ministers and seeking action, he said "the Centre is fully backing them (the AIADMK government) and this is an example."