Chennai, Aug. 18 -- A sharp exchange broke out in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Tuesday between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MLA EV Velu and Public Works Minister Aadhav Arjuna over alleged irregularities in a Rs 5.54-crore tender issued for relocating the Chief Minister's Office, with the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) minister dismissing the allegations as based on inaccurate newspaper reports.

Allegations have surfaced that irregularities took place in the tender issued in connection with shifting the Chief Minister's Office. It is being alleged that the tender notification for the office relocation was published in newspapers on the 13, but was uploaded on the website only four days later, on the 17. It is also alleged th...