E Palaniswamy (‘EPS’) needs rival O Panneerselvam (‘OPS’) to not be seated subsequent to him.
Chennai:
Police in the present day detained Chief of Opposition Edapaddi Okay Palaniswami (‘EPS’) and different AIADMK legislators as they tried to carry a starvation strike exterior the Tamil Nadu meeting over the Speaker not eradicating rival faction chief O Panneerselvam (‘OPS’) from the Deputy Opposition Chief’s seat, proper subsequent to EPS, within the Home.
The EPS faction, the dominant one among two, has chosen a brand new Deputy Chief and likewise written a number of letter asking that OPS be seated elsewhere. These leaders had yesterday been evicted from the Home for disrupting proceedings over the difficulty.
Speaker M Appavu has mentioned he is inspecting it. “Nobody can order me on the seating,” he has mentioned.
Each EPS and OPS are former chief ministers who, till their battle grew to become public earlier this 12 months, collectively led the AIADMK after the dying of J Jayalalitha. A number of features of their combat are in courtroom, however the EPS faction continues to have a stronger maintain.
Yesterday, chatting with reporters exterior the meeting, EPS claimed the Speaker didn’t adjust to the bulk resolution within the AIADMK in electing RB Udayakumar, changing OPS, because the occasion’s deputy chief within the Vidhan Sabha.
“O Panneerselvam (OPS) and his supporters have been faraway from the occasion. It appears the Speaker is appearing on the suggestion of the ruling DMK,” he mentioned.
All through the chaos on Tuesday, OPS, who heads a rival AIADMK faction, remained calmly seated subsequent to EPS.
E Palaniswamy or ‘EPS’ and his supporting MLAs after being evicted from the Vidhan Sabha on October 18.
The Speaker disallowed any dialogue on the seating throughout Query Hour, which is supposed particularly for individuals’s points. He informed EPS that he’d get a chance to lift the difficulty later. However EPS remained agency.
A visibly irritated Speaker then mentioned, “I perceive you all have include the intention to disrupt the proceedings. This isn’t good.”
When the AIADMK members remained standing, the Speaker warned them, and later directed the marshals to evict EPS and his MLAs.
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