In the early hours of June 14, 2023, the Enforcement Directorate arrested Tamil Nadu electricity minister V Senthilbalaji in a money laundering case, a fallout of a cash-for-jobs scam during an earlier tenure as an AIADMK (ADMK in short) minister. As he lost his ministerial berth, underwent heart treatment, and spent more than a year in jail, there were many who felt it was time to write his political obituary.
