Chennai sources have stated that AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran alleged that there was a conspiracy behind the Income Tax searches at the residence of late chief minister J Jayalalitha to "squeeze us out" from politics. The Chief Minister Palaniswami camp, however, blamed the Sasikala family for the raids. I-T sleuths conducted searches in the office block of the Poes Garden residence of Jayalalitha, 'Veda Nilayam'.
Meanwhile following inputs, a search operation was launched in the office block and a room used by jailed and deposed AIADMK leader V K Sasikala. Dhinakaran alleged that there was a conspiracy to squeeze out his family from politics and slammed his rival, Chief Minister Palaniswami, for not opposing the raids.
He alleged that he pointed to the state government's announcement on
turning the house into a memorial, but questioned why not even a single
minister or any representative from that camp had gone there yesterday when the
raid was on. "They said the house would be made a memorial, but not one
minister came to the spot. They are not voicing out their opinion against the
raid due to selfish motives and out of fear".
