Chennai: In a sharp attack on the DMK government, Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagenthran has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into what he described as a massive Rs 888-crore "cash-for-jobs scam" in the state's Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) Department.

Nagenthran accused the ruling DMK of "hunting down the future of honest Tamil youths" by allegedly taking bribes of up to Rs 35 lakh per post to appoint ineligible candidates, depriving thousands of qualified applicants of fair employment opportunities.

According to him, during the 2024 recruitment process for 2,538 vacancies in the department, over 1.12 lakh applicants had applied.

"In the name of appointments, the DMK filled its own pockets by collecting lakhs of rupees per position and recr

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