Smack in the middle of the national election, the telecom scam has flared up again for the DMK, whose top leaders are accused of orchestrating one of India's biggest swindles. Party leaders A Raja and M Kanimozhi have been charge-sheeted for money-laundering by the Enforcement Directorate. So has Dayalu Ammal, 84, who is Kanizmohi's step-mother. The new case against her will be read by the DMK as the latest consequence of its estrangement from the ruling Congress.
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