'Blacklist Chinese laptop company, levy penalty for inferior products', says DMK president

M K Stalin TOI Chennai, Alleging a scam in the supply of free laptops to the students, DMK president M.K. Stalin on Saturday appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to blacklist the Chinese company and levy a heavy penalty on the supply of the inferior products. He also said the government should stop payment of the ₹456 crore balance to the Chinese company. According to Stalin, the Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (Elcot) had issued a tender for procurement of 15.66 lakh laptops for free supply to students at an outlay of ₹1,921 crore. Advertisement Without naming the Chinese…