Chennai: A day after school education minister A Rajmohan claimed that he was approached with a bribe of ₹5 crore for Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Mandram president’s post, joint secretary of DMK legal wing I Paranthamen submitted a petition to the director of DVAC, seeking appropriate action.Senior AIADMK leader D Jayakumar, CPM state secretary P Shanmugam and AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran have demanded a probe too. They wanted Rajmohan to reveal the identity of the person.At the Tamil Nadu Day celebrations on Sunday, Rajmohan said he rejected the bribe and the post was given to folk singer Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, “the rightful person”. He said only Layola Mani, chairperson of TN Textbook Corporation was aware of the incident.Paranthamen said attempt to bribe a public servant was an offence under the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2018. Hence DVAC should file an FIR and the person who tried to bribe should be identified, he said. He also insisted that the statements of Rajmohan and Layola Mani should be recorded in this regard.Jayakumar said if CM C Joseph Vijay claimed to run a clean and transparent govt, it should disclose the identity of the person who tried to bribe the minister. Shanmugam questioned the minister for not initiating appropriate legal action against that person. Dhinakaran said the issue was a sign of that the rot of corruption was widely prevalent under TVK govt.
