Jailed AIADMK chief VK Sasikala’s proxy Edapaddi Palaniswami may have won the trust vote in Tamil Nadu but his government’s legitimacy and longevity is in doubt, political observers say. “For how long the government stays stable, it remains to be seen,” political analyst Sumanth C Raman told HT. The government would have had more legitimacy if the Opposition was not thrown out of the House during the trust vote, which was shrouded in secrecy. “Even before the trust vote, the Edapaddi government had little credibility. The presence of Opposition would have given more legitimacy to the trust vote,” said Prof Ramu Manivannan of Madras University.

Source: Hindustan Times February 19, 2017 03:58 UTC