India, June 10 -- A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe against the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) general secretary and four others, who joined the ruling party in Tamil Nadu after resigning as AIADMK MLAs, for alleged horse-trading to form the C Joseph Vijay-led Government in the State.

The plea filed by M Srinivasan sought a direction to the CBI to register a case against TVK general secretary N Anand alias Bussy N Anand and four former AIADMK MLAs K Maragatham Kumaravel (Maduranthakam Assembly constituency), S Jayakumar (Perundurai), P Sathyabama (Dharapuram) and Esakki Subaya (Ambasamudram), who resigned as MLAs and joined the TVK on May 25 and 26. The plea filed through advocate Achintya Tiwari sought a dir...