<div align="justify">The Tamil Nadu Assembly today witnessed noisy scenes involving arch rivals AIADMK and DMK after an opposition member was evicted during a debate over the issue of arrests of state fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy.<br /><br />Protesting the Deputy Speaker Pollachi V Jayaraman's order evicting their colleague J Anbazhagan, DMK members staged a walk out.<br /><br />Trouble broke out when Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar made some remarks attributed to DMK President M Karunanidhi while the House was debating the mid-sea arrests of fishermen and detention of their boats by Sri Lankan Navy.<br /><br />The DMK members were up on their feet and Jayaraman, who conducted the proceedings in the absence of Speaker P Dhanapal stated to be indisposed, tried to persuade them to resume their seats.<br /><br />Soon Anbazhagan tried to make some point, which infuriated the Treasury benches with Chief Minister K Palaniswami himself taking exception to it.<br /><br />Leader of the House and School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan asked the Chair to take action against Anbazhagan, saying his conduct was not keeping with the ethos of the House.<br /><br />Jayaraman ordered the eviction of Anbazhagan following which House Marshals took him out.<br /><br />DMK Deputy Leader Durai Murugan asked the chair to reconsider his order, suggesting Anbazhagan could have been let off with a warning.<br /><br />Jayaraman said he issued repeated warnings but Anbazhagan did not heed them."He came down from his seat and brought disrepute to the House," he said.<br /><br />Intervening, Palaniswami said the Deputy Speaker had no option but to order the eviction.<br /><br />"We don't want anyone to be evicted," he said amid thumping of the desks by ruling party members.<br /><br />With Jayaraman showing no hint of budging, Durai Murugan led a walk-out of his party members.<br /><br />However, the DMK members soon returned to participate in the debate on grants for Health and Family Welfare Department.<br /><br />DMK allies Congress and IUML also wanted the Deputy Speaker's decision to evict Anbazhagan reconsidered.</div>
<div align="justify">The Tamil Nadu Assembly today witnessed noisy scenes involving arch rivals AIADMK and DMK after an opposition member was evicted during a debate over the issue of arrests of state fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy.<br /><br />Protesting the Deputy Speaker Pollachi V Jayaraman's order evicting their colleague J Anbazhagan, DMK members staged a walk out.<br /><br />Trouble broke out when Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar made some remarks attributed to DMK President M Karunanidhi while the House was debating the mid-sea arrests of fishermen and detention of their boats by Sri Lankan Navy.<br /><br />The DMK members were up on their feet and Jayaraman, who conducted the proceedings in the absence of Speaker P Dhanapal stated to be indisposed, tried to persuade them to resume their seats.<br /><br />Soon Anbazhagan tried to make some point, which infuriated the Treasury benches with Chief Minister K Palaniswami himself taking exception to it.<br /><br />Leader of the House and School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan asked the Chair to take action against Anbazhagan, saying his conduct was not keeping with the ethos of the House.<br /><br />Jayaraman ordered the eviction of Anbazhagan following which House Marshals took him out.<br /><br />DMK Deputy Leader Durai Murugan asked the chair to reconsider his order, suggesting Anbazhagan could have been let off with a warning.<br /><br />Jayaraman said he issued repeated warnings but Anbazhagan did not heed them."He came down from his seat and brought disrepute to the House," he said.<br /><br />Intervening, Palaniswami said the Deputy Speaker had no option but to order the eviction.<br /><br />"We don't want anyone to be evicted," he said amid thumping of the desks by ruling party members.<br /><br />With Jayaraman showing no hint of budging, Durai Murugan led a walk-out of his party members.<br /><br />However, the DMK members soon returned to participate in the debate on grants for Health and Family Welfare Department.<br /><br />DMK allies Congress and IUML also wanted the Deputy Speaker's decision to evict Anbazhagan reconsidered.</div>