India, Sept. 25 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C Joseph Vijay on Friday launched a fierce attack against the Opposition, including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), for their "silence" in the alleged POCSO case involving R Veeramani, the Chairman of Gem Group of Companies.

Launching the campaign for the party's candidate Maragatham Kumaravel in Madurantakam SC constituency for the October 6 by-poll, Vijay said, "A terrible thing is happening here in Tamil Nadu. I thought of not speaking about it, but for many years, many young women and young girls of Tamil Nadu have been exploited by one person (R Veeramani)."

Without naming Veeraman...