TN assembly floor test: Palaniswami wins vote of confidence

They want to carry on the fight to recognise their group led by Panneerselvam as the real AIADMK. In Trichy, police arrested 19 persons for burning an effigy of speaker P Dhanapal, while in Pudokottai, a DMK worker attempted self-immolation but was rescued by party cadres.

“The traitors were defeated”, A. Navaneethakrishnan, part of Sasikala camp told reporters here.

The assembly was facing its first floor test in 30 years, and there was a debate over the ballot, with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the Congress and the Indian Union Muslim League expressing mixed views about the confidence vote. He said Jayalalithaa had already fulfilled 11 poll promises during her tenure, reported The Hindu.

Stalin said AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala was ruling through a benami.

The opposition party has alleged that appropriate rules were no followed during the floor test. At the end only dharma will win.

He asked what actions have been taken to seek presidential nod for the bill passed in the House seeking exemption from NEET and constituting the Cauvery Management Board. There were similar protests in many cities and towns across the state.At Marina, Stalin refused to enter the police vehicle and that delayed the police from suppressing the commotion.

He came out of the Assembly with his shirt open and headed towards Raj Bhavan to brief Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao about the incidents in the Assembly.

The Opposition DMK approached the Madras High Court on Monday challenging the confidence vote in Tamil Nadu Assembly which confirmed Edappadi K Palaniswami as chief minister. Thirunavukkarasar also said he announced the party’s decision on the morning of the confidence motion. The Speaker was reportedly manhandled, following which the 88 DMK MLAs present in the session were evicted. Palaniswami was given 15 days by the Governor to prove his majority in the House. There was absolute chaos in the assembly after DMK MLAs tore papers, flung mikes and hurled chairs. Stalin along with other DMK members were arrested on the beach.