Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Senthil Balaji was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Thursday (September 26), more than a year after his arrest. Balaji was arrested in June last year in a cash-for-jobs scam. He was then serving as the minister for electricity and prohibition and excise in the MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government.

President K. Veeramani welcomed the bail granted by the Supreme Court to former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji on Thursday. “This is a victory for truth and the downfall of autocracy. The bail order brings happiness to those who have faith in democracy and to everyone who was watching the authoritarian and vindictive approach of those in power at the Centre,

Balaji was arrested on June 14 last year by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged cash-for-jobs scam when he was the transport minister in an earlier All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government.

Triumph over a prolonged political conspiracy ‘, says Stalin after SC grants the former minister bail with ‘onerous conditions’ in cash-for-jobs scam

Balaji was arrested on June 14 last year by the ED in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged cash-for-jobs scam when he was the transport minister in an earlier AIADMK government.

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji in a money laundering case after over 15 months, and the DMK strongman who walked out of a prison in Chennai v