The DMK on Monday approached the Madras High Court with a request to hear the issue of trust vote won by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palanisamy two days ago.
Stalin, leader of the opposition in the assembly, told Governor C Vidyasagar Rao that the motion of confidence moved by Palanisamy was adopted in the absence of the entire opposition.
Speaking at a press conference, Stalin argued that the Speaker can expel individuals by name, but cannot “target an entire party.”
The DMK legislators had been evicted by the Speaker after they created ruckus in the assembly, demanding a secret ballot for the trust vote.
If a secret ballot had been used, Edappadi Palanisamy would have lost the trust vote.