DMK to move no-confidence motion against Speaker

M.K. Stalin says a copy of the letter was submitted to the Speaker as well.

February 21, 2017 02:34 pm | Updated November 28, 2021 09:52 pm IST - Chennai

Speaker P. Dhanapal with Assembly Secretary A.M.P. Jamaludeen at the Secretariat in Chennai. File photo

Speaker P. Dhanapal with Assembly Secretary A.M.P. Jamaludeen at the Secretariat in Chennai. File photo

The DMK on Tuesday submitted a letter to Assembly Secretary A.M.P. Jamaludeen for moving a no-confidence motion against Speaker P. Dhanapal for what it termed his “faulty conduct” of the House proceedings on Saturday last when Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami moved a motion of confidence. DMK working president and Leader of the Opposition M.K. Stalin told reporters at the Secretariat that a copy of the letter to move the no-confidence motion was handed over to the Speaker too.

‘Ulterior motives’

Mr. Stalin said the party took the decision as it believed that the Speaker acted with “ulterior motives.”

The DMK was also planning to meet the President and raise the issue with him.

Meanwhile, AIADMK MLA P. Vetrivel (Perambur) said the Speaker had referred the “unfortunate” incidents that happened in the House on Saturday to the Privilege Committee.

Replying to a query on the allegation that supply of sugar has been stopped in ration shops, he said his party was continuously raising this issue.

“We understand that the Chief Minister is also in this same building [Secretariat]. Why don’t you go and ask him the same question?” he added.

Meanwhile, AIADMK MLA P. Vetrivel (Perambur constituency) claimed that the Assembly Speaker has referred the “unfortunate” incidents in the House on Saturday to the Privilege Committee.

“As a member of the House, I witnessed the incident on Saturday last and I made a complaint to the Assembly Speaker that some of the DMK members had behaved in a manner not suitable to the honour of the House. The Speaker told me that the issue has been referred to the Privilege Committee,” Mr. Vetrivel told The Hindu .

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