Chennai, July 1 -- An alleged attempt at political horse-trading has surfaced in Tamil Nadu after MLA N Elaiyaraja claimed that he was offered Rs 35 crore and threatened to influence his vote in a legislative resolution, following which police registered a case and arrested three persons, officials said on Wednesday.

According to the complaint filed on June 29 with the Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Elaiyaraja stated that a person named Thirunavukkarasu contacted him and claimed to be running an opinion polling organisation called Indian Political Democratic Strategies (IPDS), saying he was reaching out at the request of members of a major political party.

The complainant alleged that Thirunavukkarasu later asked him to vote i...