The wife of arrested Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji has submitted an affidavit in the Madras High Court accusing state Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Annamalai of “nursing a grudge” against her husband.
In an affidavit on Sunday, S Megala said, “Detenu [Balaji] contested 2021 elections from Karur Constituency and won with a margin of around 12,400 votes. I further submit that he was nominated by the DMK party as in charge of the western region of Tamil Nadu. I submit Thiru K Annamalai who is the State president of Bharatiya Janata Party, which is the ruling party in the Union Government, has always nursed a grudge against the detenue as he perceives him to be a direct threat in the political arena.” Questioning her husband’s arrest, S Magala filed a habeas corpus petition in the Madras High Court.
The Minister for Electricity as well as Prohibition and Excise, Balaji, was arrested on June 14 and admitted to a government hospital in Chennai after he complained of chest pain.
He was allowed by the Madras High Court on June 15 to be shifted to a private hospital of his choice.
The Supreme Court, earlier this month, refused to interfere with the Madras High Court order allowing Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji to be moved to a private hospital in Chennai and entertaining a habeas corpus petition filed against his arrest.