History repeats itself.We have seen many a high profile personalities have resigned under controversial circumstances The latest being a Tamil Nadu cabinet minister, namely Ms.Poongothai, the wife of late.Aladi Aruna, the erstwhile DMK Minister who was gruelly murdered.
A few days ago, Mr.Subramaniam Swamy , the Janata party leader, released a CD which had the tapped versions of Ms.Poongothai when she was talking with a police officer in connection with her close relative’s arrest who was arrested for an alleged crime.The release of the tape was published in a popular English daily, which opened the pandoras box of controversy.
On seeing the report in the daily, immediately Ms.Poongothai tendered her resignation to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.When the opposition party leader Mr.O.Panneerselvam raised the issue in the floor of the assembly, the Chief Minister replied that Ms.Poongothai’s resignation was yet to be accepted by his cabinet and he did not like his minister threatening olice officer in connection with her close relative’s arrest.
The Tamil Nadu Government has already appointed a one man commission to enquire into the phone tapping controversies that recently hit the headlines of a popular English daily.Adding fuel to the fire, a cabinet minister had to resign due to phone tapping which revealed her conversation with the police officer in connection with her relative’s arrest.
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