The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has directed DMK youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin to appear before it on November 20, in connection with the complaint that the office of Murasoli , the party organ, has been constructed on panchami land.
Besides Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin, who is the managing director of Murasoli , the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu has been asked to appear for a hearing to be held by L. Murugan, vice-chairman of the panel.
DMK organising secretary and Rajya Sabha member R.S. Bharathi said he along with advocates would appear before the commission.
Mr. Bharathi vowed to “unmask” those who had levelled allegations about the Murasoli office standing on panchami land. “Our MD has delegated the attendance to us, so we will be presenting the true facts in front of the commission,” he told The Hindu .
In a statement, he added that party president M.K. Stalin too had directed him to appear before the commission, in his capacity as one of the trustees of Murasoli, at Shastri Bhavan on November 19.
He said while the BJP government at the Centre never bothered to investigate the distribution of ₹89 crore in the byelection to the R.K. Nagar Assembly constituency, the seizure of ₹560 crore from a container, the raids on the Chief Secretary’s residence and documents seized in connection with the gutka scam from the residence of the health minister, it had shown undue haste in probing a complaint filed by a BJP leader against Murasoli .
Mr. Bharathi said the allegation was levelled against the DMK during the campaign for the bypoll to the Vikravandi constituency and Mr. Stalin had vowed to furnish appropriate proof and documents.
