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DMK petition against Tamil Nadu Trust vote : High Court adjourns hearing, seeks video footage of Assembly bedlam

by India Blooms News Service 21 Feb 2017, 10:09 pm

Chennai, Feb. 22 (IBNS) : The Madras high court on Wednesday adjourned till Monday the hearing on the opposition DMK's petition challenging Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi Palaniswamys trust vote and sought the video footage of the Assembly ruckus, reports said.

Moving the High Court, the DMK had demanded that the trust vote Chief Minister E Palaniswamy had sailed through on Saturday last be declared null and void.

The DMK's contention was that the way the trust vote was conducted was "illegal."

The proceedings on the day of the trust vote was marked by continuing violence and lawlessness by DMK lawmakers, who along with the AIADMK rebel camp, led by O Paneerselvam, demanded that it be postponed till arrangements are made for secret balloting. 

Speaker P Dhanapal rejected the demand and the resultant pandemonium forced him to adjourn twice the proceedings.

Chairs were broken, tables overturned and even the Speaker's microphone was yanked  as DMK members went on a rampage in the Assembly finally leading to their eviction with the help of marshals and police.

After the trust vote results were announced in which the Palaniswamy Government won by 122-11 margin, DMK leader MK Stalin urged the Governor to nullify the proceedings.

On Tuesday the party also moved a no confidence motion against the Speaker-a development, unprecedented in Tamil Nadu politics.