Corruption is not a new phenomenon for both major Dravidian parties in the state. DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa have faced corruption charges.

Embattled former communications minister A. Raja has landed in yet another problem, with the Madras high court on Tuesday ordering suspension of a lawyer close to him for pressuring a judge to grant bail to his friends caught in a Puducherry marksheet scam.