AIADMK 18 MLAs disqualification case verdict LIVE news updates: The current strength of the Tamil Nadu Assembly is 216. While AIADMK has 116 MLAs, including the Speaker, the Opposition has 98 MLAs.
AIADMK 18 MLAs disqualification case verdict LIVE news updates: The current strength of the Tamil Nadu Assembly is 216. While AIADMK has 116 MLAs, including the Speaker, the Opposition has 98 MLAs.
AIADMK 18 MLAs disqualification case verdict LIVE news updates: The Madras High Court will Thursday pronounce its verdict in the case against 18 AIADMK MLAs who were disqualified for “anti-party activities” last year. The rebels, supporting the Sasikala-Dhinakaran faction, were disqualified by P Dhanapal, the Speaker of the House, under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution (known as the anti-defection law) after the former expressed lack of confidence in Chief Minister E Palaniswami. The rebels later moved a petition in the HC challenging the Speaker’s decision following which the court restrained the Election Commission from declaring their seats vacant.
In the 234-member Assembly, two seats are vacant, including that of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi. The current strength of the Tamil Nadu Assembly is 216. While AIADMK has 116 MLAs, including the Speaker, the Opposition has 98 MLAs. If the order is in favour of the 18 rebel MLAs, AIADMK government needs 117 MLAs to cross the halfway mark of 116. The AIADMK is now short of at least five MLAs. The rival camp has 121 MLAs, which includes Dhinakaran camp’s 23 MLAs including independent MLA Dhinakaran and Karunas, who was an ally of AIADMK and contested on AIADMK symbol, and 97 MLAs of the Opposition - DMK-Congress-IUML alliance.
AIADMK 18 MLAs disqualification case verdict LIVE news updates: The Madras High Court will Thursday pronounce its verdict in the case against 18 AIADMK MLAs who were disqualified for “anti-party activities” last year. The rebels, supporting the Sasikala-Dhinakaran faction, were disqualified by P Dhanapal, the Speaker of the House, under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution (known as the anti-defection law) after the former expressed lack of confidence in Chief Minister E Palaniswami. The rebels later moved a petition in the HC challenging the Speaker’s decision following which the court restrained the Election Commission from declaring their seats vacant.
In the 234-member Assembly, two seats are vacant, including that of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi. The current strength of the Tamil Nadu Assembly is 216. While AIADMK has 116 MLAs, including the Speaker, the Opposition has 98 MLAs. If the order is in favour of the 18 rebel MLAs, AIADMK government needs 117 MLAs to cross the halfway mark of 116. The AIADMK is now short of at least five MLAs. The rival camp has 121 MLAs, which includes Dhinakaran camp’s 23 MLAs including independent MLA Dhinakaran and Karunas, who was an ally of AIADMK and contested on AIADMK symbol, and 97 MLAs of the Opposition - DMK-Congress-IUML alliance.