Karunanidhi slams media reports on Nira Radia tapes

Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi today slammed media reports on Nira Radia tapes which alleged that his grand nephew and Union textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran had paid Rs600 crore to the DMK chief's wife Dayalu to secure a ministerial berth.

"Are some media organisations trying to defame the Dravidian movement reporting things which are far from truth... will someone believe at all that Maran paid money to his grandmother," Karunanidhi said writing in party mouthpiece Murasoli.

He said when such reports surfaced in the media a few days back, he had not considered it fit to deny them since "I thought people will not believe such things.

"But a section of media is repeatedly writing about a lie and things which are far from truth. Can they prove such a transaction happened? If so, let them report in their media in their own name (and not refer to Radia tapes) and we will face them in court," he said.

On the issue of Common Entrance Test for undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses, he reaffirmed the state's opposition to it and said any move by Medical Council of India to go for Common entrance Test would be faced legally.

A Supreme Court bench, hearing a set of petitions against MCI's proposal to conduct a nationwide CET, had recently allowed it to notify any rule in accordance with the law approved by the Centre but said anyone could challenge the notification.