Plea In Supreme Court Seeks CBI Into Alleged Corruption Behind TVK's Trust Vote Win In TN Assembly

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Coirt under Article 32 seeking an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) into the allegations of corruption in the trust vote won by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's Chief Minister Vijay in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly on May 13.

The petition filed by KK Ramesh alleged that the TVK had won 108 seats but in order to become the single largest party to form a government, it obtained signatures of 12 MLAs overnight from various parties.

The petitioner has also sought President rule till the completion of investigation. It has been stated in the petition that large sum of money were distributed to other parties and they were promised government contract works in exchange for the trust vote.

"In the Tamil Nadu Assembly, some MLAs from other parties were allegedly involved in horse-trading, and huge amounts of money were handed over to certain MLAs by TVK. Some MLAs from other parties did not join the particular government but violated the party wipe direction for money and other benefits," as stated in the petition.

Petitioner has said that his fundamental rights have been violated and that the entire events are illegal and the Assembly should be dissolved.

Case Details: KK RAMESH v UOI|Diary Number 31836/2026

The petition has been drawn by Yashika Anand and advocate for the petitioner is Narender Kumar Verma