DMK-led Opposition urges T.N. Governor to order floor test

After meeting the Governor Mr. Stalin said, while the Palaniswami govt had the support of only 114 MLAs, 119 MLAs are against him.

Tamil Nadu Leader of the Opposition and DMK working president M.K. Stalin speaks to the media in Chennai on September 10, 2017 after meeting the Governor along with IUML MLA Muhammad Abubacker (left), DMK leader Durai Murugan (second from left) and Congress floor leader K.R. Ramasamy (right).

The Opposition parties will move court if the Tamil Nadu Governor does not convene the Assembly within a week and order the Edappadi K. Palaniswami government to seek a floor test, DMK working president M.K. Stalin said in Chennai on Sunday.

A delegation of Opposition leaders from the DMK, the Congress and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), led by Mr. Stalin, called on the Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan on Sunday evening.

After meeting the Governor Mr. Stalin said, while the Palaniswami govt had the support of only 114 MLAs, 119 MLAs are against him.

If the Governor refuses the demand of the Opposition to convene the Assembly to ascertain the government's present strength, then we will have to go to the courts, Mr. Stalin added.

“The omission, so far, on the part of your good-self in not directing a floor test is breeding a grave suspicion as to the impartiality of your functioning," Mr. Stalin's representation handed over to the Governor.