New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has rightfully branded the DMK as India’s most corrupt regime, where a 20 per cent “commission” cut devours every project, stalling Tamil Nadu’s progress with an “army of corrupt ministers.” Under M K Stalin, this “scientific corruption” machine shamelessly siphons public funds for electoral bribes.
On January 14, 2026, DMK issued Government Order No. 6, granting premature approval for 80 road projects worth Rs 2,000 crores from the unapproved 2026-27 budget, spanning 312.48 km across districts such as Chennai, Tiruvallur, and Madurai. This brazen move invites tenders now to dodge the Model Code of Conduct, extracting kickbacks from cronies before polls hit mid-February 2026.
Retired highway officials expose it: No funds exist yet, but approvals enable rigged contracts that funnel commissions into DMK coffers, pure graft engineering. People get zero benefits; work stalls until next year’s budget, if ever, leaving citizens in the lurch while Stalin’s cabal cashes in.
Flashback to Chennai floods: Rs 1,503 crores “allocated” for repairs, including Rs 200 crores for 1,000+ damaged roads starting February 2026, yet past stormwater scams worth thousands of crores drowned the city in misery.
Amit Shah’s indictment echoes: 20 per cent bribery plagues all departments, delivering shoddy welfare, crumbling schools in Tiruvallur kill students, tainted water claims farmers’ lives.
Stalin’s administration excels in squandering billions on vanity projects, Rs 1,500 crores to “clean” the Cooum River, hundreds of crores for statues and renaming exercises, while rural schools crumble, leading to tragedies like collapsing structures in Tiruvallur, and contaminated water claims farmers’ lives.
This “scientific” looting funnels public money into DMK coffers for festivals like Deepavali, Christmas, and Pongal special bonuses with Cash and Valuable gifts, and now, pre-election freebies distributed across constituencies, from CM Stalin’s Kolathur assembly to ministers’ turfs, in exchange for votes, a blatant violation of electoral integrity.
This loot funds elections: Pre-poll freebies in Kolathur and ministers’ turfs, Pongal bonuses—hundreds of crores in voter bribes, violating electoral laws.
Such premeditated schemes, announced deliberately ahead of elections, are not just unethical but illegal. The Election Commission of India must impose an immediate ban on state governments issuing project approvals or tenders three months prior to poll notifications, expected in mid-February 2026. Furthermore, a thorough probe is demanded into the hundreds of crores in “personal” freebies handed out by DMK leaders to secure voter loyalty.
The DMK’s grip on power ends here. This regime’s single-minded pursuit of corruption at the expense of Tamil Nadu’s future cannot stand. We demand the immediate revocation of these spurious approvals and tenders. Should the DMK defy this, the incoming government post-elections will annul all such tainted contracts. The people deserve transparency, not theft—it’s time to dismantle Stalin’s empire of graft and restore honest governance!
