No material to prove Thaman was paid ₹10 lakh to compose TVK song, Vijay tells Madras High Court
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has filed an affidavit in the Madras High Court denying allegations of illegal campaign spending. He argues that the petitioner failed to provide concrete evidence regarding payments to music composer Thaman or foreign funding.
Why it matters
This case addresses legal scrutiny of election expenditure and campaign finance transparency in Indian politics.
DMK candidate R.D. Shekar, who had lost in the Perambur Assembly constituency and filed an election petition, has failed to submit materials to prove that music composer S. Thaman was paid ₹10 lakh to compose the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s election campaign song ‘ Thani oruvan vedichu varaan, visillu onnu adichu varaan ,’ Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has told the Madras High Court.
In an affidavit filed in support of his application to reject the election petition, Mr. Vijay highlighted that the election petitioner had only claimed to have “reasonably learnt” that the composer Ghantasala Sai Srinivas, professionally known as Thaman, “would have charged ₹10 lakh.” Therefore, the claim of such a payment having been made was “purely conjectural”.
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