The FIR was registered against 60 MLAs even as the DMK announced plans for a similar protest outside the assembly house on Monday. Police registered a case against the 63-year-old Stalin and his party MLAs for congregating inside the assembly premises without permission. The DMK legislators were protesting against the August 17 decision of assembly speaker S Dhanapal for suspending them from the House for a week. The 234-member Assembly has DMK as the main Opposition with 89 MLAs, while the ruling AIADMK has 133 legislators. On Friday, the DMK legislators conducted a mock assembly session to highlight the “autocratic” aspect of the current regime and “expose” how it treated the assembly.

Source: Hindustan Times August 21, 2016 08:36 UTC