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NEW DELHI: Political turmoil wrong the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam deepened connected Tuesday aft enactment MLA Esakki Subaya met Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar and submitted his resignation letter, becoming the 4th legislator to discontinue the enactment wrong 2 days amid an escalating rebellion and defections to the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.The latest resignation came a time aft 3 AIADMK MLAs from the rebel campy led by elder leaders C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani resigned from the Assembly earlier joining the ruling TVK headed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.The resignations person triggered a large governmental confrontation successful Tamil Nadu, with the AIADMK accusing the ruling enactment of “horse trading” and attempting to technologist defections done the “back door”.Three MLAs resigned earlier joining TVKThe 3 MLAs who resigned connected Monday were Madurantakam MLA Maragatham Kumaravel, Dharapuram MLA P Sathyabama and Perundurai MLA S Jayakumar.The trio submitted their resignation letters to Speaker JCD Prabhakar earlier heading to the Secretariat enclosure of Public Works Department Minister Aadhav Arjuna, wherever they were formally welcomed into the TVK fold.The 3 legislators were among the 25 AIADMK MLAs who had voted successful favour of the Vijay-led authorities during the May 13 spot vote, defying the enactment line.
Speaker Prabhakar aboriginal confirmed that the resignations had been accepted nether Assembly rules.“The resigning MLAs request not authorities the crushed for their resignation. The resignation was accepted according to conception 21 of TN assembly rules,” helium said.
AIADMK alleges ‘horse trading’
The improvement sparked beardown reactions from the AIADMK leadership, which accused the ruling enactment of orchestrating defections to fortify its numbers successful the Assembly.Senior AIADMK person and enactment whip Agri SS Krishnamoorthy alleged that the MLAs resigned lone to flight imaginable disqualification proceedings nether the anti-defection law.“We had sought enactment against 25 AIADMK MLAs nether the anti-defection instrumentality for defying Palaniswami's diktat connected assurance vote. The Speaker had said it was nether his consideration. Fearing enactment nether the anti-defection law, the 3 tendered their resignations.
When the earlier plea is pending, the Speaker accepting their resignations contravenes the rules. We filed a plea (on Tuesday) connected behalf of AIADMK, saying helium should not judge their resignation,” helium told reporters.Krishnamoorthy further alleged that the MLAs had efficaciously joined TVK adjacent earlier their resignations were formally processed.“Within 5 minutes of tendering their resignation, a "laminated TVK rank paper was given" to the 3 persons,” helium claimed.“People are asking if this is the Secretariat oregon TVK headquarters. If this authorities encourages specified resignations, determination volition beryllium heightened equine trading; the authorities should travel guardant to halt this,” helium added.Targeting Chief Minister Vijay, Krishnamoorthy said: “To found his regularisation done the backmost door, this authorities is doing horse-trading astatine the velocity of a horse.”
AIADMK petitions Speaker
On Tuesday, AIADMK leaders Agri SS Krishnamoorthy and Rajya Sabha MP IS Inbadurai met the Speaker and submitted a practice urging him not to judge the resignations of the 3 MLAs, citing pending anti-defection proceedings.Inbadurai argued that legislators facing disqualification proceedings nether the anti-defection instrumentality could not resign to debar action.“They met a TVK curate earlier notification of their resignation....and they enacted a play of ceremonial joining (late successful the evening). Still, the notification of their resignation (in a authorities gazette) had not come. So we person sought that their resignation should not beryllium accepted,” helium said.“MLAs cannot resign erstwhile enactment nether the anti-defection instrumentality is sought. You can't flight done the backmost door,” helium added.
TVK dismisses allegations
TVK leaders denied allegations of equine trading and defended the resignations arsenic voluntary governmental decisions taken by the legislators.Minister Aadhav Arjuna said the MLAs had joined the enactment without coercion and insisted nary of them faced corruption charges.Maragatham Kumaravel besides defended the determination aft joining the ruling party.“We were incapable to fulfill the needs and demands of our constituents erstwhile we were successful absorption (2021-2026). So, we took the determination to resign from our MLA posts successful the champion involvement of radical of our constituencies. This is our autarkic decision. It is much astir self-respect, and determination is nary selfishness successful our decision,” she said.Praising the Vijay government, she compared the Chief Minister’s little tenure to that of erstwhile AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa.She said Vijay’s governance reminded her of “Amma’s governance” due to the fact that of women-centric payment announcements and the revival of Amma canteens.
