The former Madurai Mayor, M. Patturajan, on Wednesday denied a charge contained in a U.S. diplomatic cable, accessed by The Hindu through WikiLeaks, that he had acknowledged that voters were bribed in a by-election in Tamil Nadu in January 2009.
Terming the charge “utterly false,” he said he had not met Frederick J. Kaplan, the official of the U.S. Consulate-General, Chennai, who had authored the cable. “Till date, I have not seen, nor do I know Mr. Kaplan, to whom it is reported I have acknowledged giving bribes to voters,” he said.
He claimed that the message was released to “create a bad name for him” as he was a “loyal worker of the DMK and a confidant of top leaders of the DMK… The Chief Minister [M. Karunanidhi] and his entire family members have special affection for me,” he added. It was also aimed at tarnishing the image of Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister M.K. Alagiri, he said.
Keywords: The India Cables, Cablegate, WikiLeaks, cash-for-votes, Patturajan
People will not believe any person of Karunanidhi's DMK party leave alone Patturajan. Karunanidhi is the author of corruption in Tamilnadu. Muthu Ramaliga Thevar, Rajaji, Kamaraj, Kakkan, and to some extent Annadurai were all clean politicians who stood for values. Karunanidhi succeeded Annadurai overtaking his senior leaders like E V K Sampath, Nedunchezhain, Madhiazhakan, Satyavanimuthu, by foul means with the friendship and cinema money of MGR. Even while the body of Annadurai waiting for burial at Rajaji Govt Hall, Karunandihi did the buying of the MLAs with MGR money in the MLA hostel room. This is history known to every senior worker of DMK. By the reacting of the same foul game, he ditched Kannadasan and MGR who was the treasurer of the party. Such a cunning fellow was Karunandihi. His political end will come from none other than his own sons Alagiri and Stalin. Tiger does not give births to kittens.
Ofcourse, the word of Mr. Patturajan, a genuine person, should be taken on face value. He is a true follower of Mr. M. Karunanidhi, a scientific cheater, as pronounced by Justice Sarkaria.
Every one in Madurai, knows about this that of money DMK won in Tirumangalam bye election. I knew few fellow citizens in my area got a cover with lots of money to vote for DMK. This is complete corruption, People in US even know this, then why this guy wants to hide?
Why would Kaplan write a false confidential report to his superiors about what Patturajan had said if he (Patturajan) had not met him or even known him as he claims?
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