Thanjavur, April 12 -- Escalating his campaign against the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday called the ruling administration a "failed government" and accused it of widespread corruption as political tensions rise ahead of the assembly elections.

Addressing reporters in Thanjavur while campaigning for a BJP candidate, Goyal alleged that corruption has affected multiple sectors, including liquor trade, sand mining, land allotment, and government recruitment.

"The DMK government has failed on all accounts. It is full of corruption in liquor, sand mining, land allotment, every tender or contract, procurement of medicine...You cannot get a job in the Tamil Nadu government without paying cash for jobs. T...