India, July 2 -- TVK leader and Tamil Nadu minister R Nirmal Kumar on Wednesday alleged a horse-trading attempt by the DMK leadership to lure his party legislators and said that three persons have been arrested by the police in this connection.

Based on the complaint lodged by a TVK MLA, the three men, which includes a person identified as Naresh, who is in "close touch" with "DMK leader V Senthilbalaji and his brother Ashok," has been arrested in connection with "horse-trading", he said.

Kumar, Minister for Energy Resources, told reporters that for the past about 40 days, his party has been stating that MK Stalin and Edappadi K Palaniswami, top leaders of the DMK and AIADMK respectively, have been trying to form the government through ...