Chennai, April 22 -- Jose Charles Martin, founder of the Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi (LJK) and son of prominent lottery businessman Martin, levelled serious allegations against the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), accusing the ruling party's "first family" of orchestrating a large-scale structural corruption network involving illicit business operations and financial irregularities.

Speaking to ANI, Jose Charles Martin claimed that during the period when electoral bonds were a legally permitted mode of political funding, a sum of Rs 500 crore was routed from the Martin Group to the DMK. He alleged that the contribution was facilitated through an intermediary and accompanied by assurances that the party would form the government following ...