Chennai: Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has said legal action would be taken against all those involved in the PM-Kisan scheme scam.
Talking to reporters, he said it was the Tamilnadu government which had unearthed the scam and ordered a CB-CID probe into it.Ā He said legal action would be taken against all those involved in the scheme.
Stating that self registration mode introduced by the Centre was the cause of the scam, Palaniswami said since a large number ofeople have benefitted under the scheme in the last four months, the officials grew suspicious and launched a probe, which led toĀ unearthing of the scam.
Irregularities to the tune of Rs 110 crore have been detected in the scam which took place in 13 districts and more than Rs 30 crore had been recovered.
A total of 18 people were arrested and the government said the entire money deposited in the account of illegal beneficiaries would be recovered by freezing their accounts in the next one month.Ā He said his government would protect the Tamilnadu’s rights in the inter-State river disputes.
He also denied Opposition DMK president M K Stalin’s charge that the number of murders have gone up in the state and that the government was concealing the facts. The charges were baseless and far from truth, he added.