- Chief Minister Palanisamy announces a string of welfare schemes
- DMK’S petition challenging the trust vote will be heard tomorrow
- MK Stalin, on Sunday, urged the Tamil Nadu Governor to nullify Saturday’s Assembly proceedings
- Chief Minister Palanisamy won the confidence vote in the Assembly, “in the absence of the entire opposition”
- DMK has announced a hunger strike on 22 February
- Governor Rao has sought a factual report from Assembly Secretary Jamaludeen on the incidents that occurred during the trust vote
- Speaker Dhanapal had ordered the expulsion of all DMK members on Saturday after violence and chaos mired proceedings
Here’s a breakdown of the final numbers in the Tamil Nadu Assembly during the trust vote on Saturday:
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DMK Wants No-Confidence Motion Against Speaker P Dhanapal
The opposition DMK on Tuesday submitted a letter to Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretary AMP Jamaludeen for a No-Confidence Motion against Speaker P Dhanapal.
The DMK's move came a day after its working president MK Stalin said his party will move a No-Confidence Motion against the Speaker in the backdrop of Saturday’s trust vote.
DMK's Petition Challenging the Trust Vote to be Heard Tomorrow
The Madras High Court will hear the DMK's petition challenging Saturday’s trust vote on Wednesday.
The EPS Govt Is a Benami Govt of Sasikala, Says Stalin
Disgruntled with the result of the trust vote on Saturday, DMK Executive President, MK Stalin said he along with other DMK legislators sat underneath Gandhi’s statue at Marina Beach as a mark of protest.
The Speaker can expel individual members by name, he cannot target an entire party. This is against Assembly laws.
All DMK legislators had been evicted from the Assembly, and by extension, from casting their vote when they began to disrupt parliament, asking for a secret ballot.
We have asked for an appointment with the President to submit a report on what happened in the Assembly. The Edappadi Palaniswami government is a benami government of Sasikala.
Clarifying that their protest was not violent, he said:
Violence is if I hit someone and they hit me back. How can you call our protest in the Assembly violence?
In First Speech as CM, Palanisamy Orders Closure of 500 TASMACs
In his first public speech as the Chief Minister, Palanisamy on Monday reinforced the welfare agenda set by late Tamil Nadu CM and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa. Palanisamy ordered the shutdown of 500 state run liquor stores, hiked maternity benefits from Rs 12000 to Rs 18000, and promised houses for fishermen.
“We are facing a drought situation in Tamil Nadu. The government will work swiftly to ensure compensation reaches farmers at the earliest. The government will ensure drinking needs of people are met,” Palanisamy said.