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TN governor arrives amid mounting political crisis in AIADMK

Last Updated 17 September 2017, 21:13 IST
Amid mounting pressure from the Opposition parties for conducting a floor test in the Assembly, Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao is expected to arrive on Monday.

Meanwhile, the unified AIADMK is in the process of taking action against 19 MLAs, supporting ousted leader T T V Dhinakaran.

The ruling AIADMK sources said Speaker P Dhanapal is likely to take action soon against the rebel legislators who failed to appear before him in connection with a show cause notice issued against them.

Though Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami got the breather from Madras High Court's decision to stay the floor test till Wednesday, the Dhinakaran faction is expected to meet the governor once again to put pressure for the vote of confidence.


Dhinakaran on Sunday also demanded the resignation of Palaniswami and asked him to convene the legislators' party meeting to elect a new chief minister.

"He (Palaniswami) should resign from the chief minister's post and should immediately organise MLAs meeting to elect a new head of the ruling party," Dhinakaran said.

Claiming that the Palaniswami government will be dissolved within next week, the sidelined leader said his supporting MLAs will never vote for the chief minister if the Assembly is convened for a floor test. "Unless the chief minister is changed, MLAs will not vote for his (Palaniswami) government," he added.

Dhinakaran also said after removing the remaining ministers from party posts, he could convene the party's general council and executive committee meeting after getting permission from the jailed "party general secretary" V K Sasikala.

With the governor yet to take a decision on the Opposition parties' demand for a trust vote in the House, the return of 19 MLAs, who were staying at a luxury resort in Coorg of Karnataka, to Tamil Nadu is not known.

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(Published 17 September 2017, 13:03 IST)

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