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Taking exception to the way that Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Tamil Nadu’s Electricity, Prohibition and Excise Minister V. Senthil Balaji in the early hours of Wednesday, All India Congress Committee (AICC) president M. Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the BJP government at the Centre is harassing and threatening its political rivals.

A crucial work in the construction of Southern Railway’s first underpass for wild elephants entered final phase as composite girders were launched onto the structure built for pachyderm movement on the Ettimadai - Walayar section, which links Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Immediately after the arrest of Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji by the Enforcement Directorate, the Tamil Nadu government announced that it had withdrawn the general consent under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, which allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation to function within the State

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said T.N. Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji’s arrest by ED was a “planned action” to intimidate the Opposition and also expressed the apprehension that he too could be arrested just ahead of the meeting

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BJP MLA from Coimbatore South and the national president of the party’s Mahila Morcha (women’s wing) Vanathi Srinivasan said that the BJP as a political party had no role as far as the arrest of Tamil Nadu minister Senthilbalaji by the Enforcement Directorate was concerned.

Refuting charges that Tamil Nadu’s Minister for Electricity V. Senthilbalaji’s arrest was politically motivated, Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai on Wednesday said Chief Minister M.K. Stalin must refer to his own old statement where he had himself made the same allegations against the Minister for which he has been…

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Wednesday met with State minister Senthil Balaji at the Omandurar government hospital in Chennai. Balaji was hospitalised after he complained of chest pain during questioning by the ED. Read further on Dynamite News:

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the late-night arrest of Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) saying that it is "nothing but political harassment and vendetta" by the central government. Read further on Dynamite News:

Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji broke down while being taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials for questioning in connection to an alleged money laundering case in the wee hours of Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin visited Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji, who was was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the early hours on June 14 and then taken to the T.N. Government Multi Super-Specialty Hospital at Omandurar Estate in Chennai.