Leader of Opposition M.K.Stalin emerges out of the Assembly with a torn shirt after DMK MLAs were marshalled out of the House on Saturday. | Photo Credit: S. R. Raghunathanmore-inA day after challenging the vote on Motion of Confidence moved by Chief Minster Edappadi K. Palaniswami in the Assembly, DMK leader M.K. Stalin’s counsel Shanmugasundaram on Tuesday alleged in the Madras High Court that the Speaker and Assembly Secretary are attempting to tamper with the records of the proceedings of February 18 in the House. In his PIL, Mr. Stalin prayed the court to declare the decision of the Assembly Speaker in accepting the vote of confidence as illegal, null and void. But to the contrary, the Speaker ordered “illegal” eviction of all the MLAs of DMK in “with highhanded police force, thereby preventing DMK MLAs from exercising their franchise on the floor of the Assembly,” Mr. Stalin alleged.

Source: The Hindu February 21, 2017 06:01 UTC