Overview
- The confrontation began when Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay read excerpts from Enforcement Directorate papers and the Sarkaria Commission material that he said tied multiple generations of DMK leaders to organised collection of 'party funds'.
- Vijay cited ED material that alleges contractors paid commissions of about 7.5–10 percent on Municipal Administration and Water Supply contracts and described those collections as instalment‑style 'party funds'.
- DMK MLAs protested violently in the House by surrounding the Speaker’s podium, rushing the well, staging a sit‑in and walking out, and the Speaker later ordered marshals to evict those who kept disrupting proceedings.
- DMK leaders, led by Udhayanidhi Stalin, rejected the charges as unproven and demanded evidence and expunction; the ruling side says it will press scrutiny of probe material while noting no court has yet found guilt.
- The episode links recent ED communications to decades‑old commission findings, has been broadcast live to a wide audience, and could intensify political polarisation while keeping enforcement probes and parliamentary procedure at the centre of the state debate.