Vijay Govt's anti-graft crusade: rhetoric and reality - TN Vigilance remains headless for nearly 3 months

MC Rajan Chennai, Oct 7 (UNI) Never tired of painting the principal opposition DMK and the AIADMK black, Chief Minister and ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Joseph Vijay positions himself as an anti-graft crusader, but under his watch, the state's anti-corruption agency, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), continues to remain headless for 3 months. For Vijay, rooting out corruption is the campaign plank he has clung to since the assembly election through the bypoll for the just-concluded two constituencies: Madurantakam and Dharapuram, for which the result is due on Friday. With the DVAC having launched investigations into…