India, March 10 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday demanded an explanation from Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) office-bearer Jaffer Sadiq's alleged involvement in a drug smuggling case and sought a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the matter.

Addressing a press conference in Delhi, BJP Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan said, "Several reports say that Jaffer Sadiq who has been arrested by The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has invested his money (earned through the drug trafficking network) in the hospitality sector, film production, and political donations to the ruling party of Tamil Nadu (not only one party)."

She alleged that the ruling DMK gover...