Chennai: Continuing his tirade against the government on the gutka scam, DMK president M K Stalin on Friday reiterated his demand that the Governor should sack Health Minister C Vijayabhaskar and DGP TK Rajendran as their names figured in the list of those bribed by the gutka company, and the CBI had on Wednesday raided their premises in this connection.
“Even a police constable is placed under suspension if there is such a serious charge against him”, Stalin said in a hard-hitting media statement here.
He said the CBI has now arrested the gutka manufacturer Madhava Rao, ‘middleman’ Rajendran who had delivered the bribe and some Central Government officials. “It is a mystery why those who allegedly took the bribes, namely the Health Minister and the DGP have not been arrested, yet”, said the DMK chief.
Responding to the opposition demands for action against Health Minister Vijayabhaskar and DGP, information minister Kadambur Raju said there was no need for them to resign "just because some allegations have been made". The CBI was now probing several cases across the country and there had not been a single instance of anyone quitting post just because the agency carried out searches on their premises, said the minister.
Fisheries minister D Jayakumar rubbished the charge that the CBI was being influenced by the political bosses, arguing that the Bureau remained an independent agency beyond any political influences. “The CBI knows its job well and there's no need for anyone to advise or instruct them”, the minister told reporters here.
