The issue had surfaced recently after a media report claimed that the IT department had seized documents detailing alleged payment of bribes during a search of premises of a gutkha manufacturer last year. The issue had surfaced recently after a media report claimed that the IT department had seized documents detailing alleged payment of bribes during a search of premises of a gutkha manufacturer last year. Opposition DMK Monday staged a walkout in the Tamil Nadu Assembly after Speaker P Dhanapal declined permission to raise the issue of alleged payment of bribes to a Tamil Nadu minister and officials to facilitate sale of banned gutkha. However, DMK insisted on the matter being discussed today but the speaker was firm in not allowing it, repeatedly saying the issue has been debated already. When DMK raised the issue last week, Palaniswami had said the matter was being probed by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption.

Source: Indian Express July 03, 2017 08:43 UTC