A video purportedly showing TVK Mambakkam Panchayat President and Chengalpattu East District Joint Secretary N Veera alias Veerasamy allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.30 lakh from a contractor has gone viral on social media, triggering political controversy and renewed debate over corruption in local bodies.
The Chengalpet District secretary has expelled the TVK functionary Veera from the primary membership of the party.
The development assumes significance as it came on the very day the state government stepped up its anti-corruption campaign by directing all government offices, district collectorates, local bodies and public sector undertakings to prominently display bilingual awareness boards carrying the message, “Bribe giving and receiving is an offence,” along with the Directorate of Vigilan
