DMK members evicted enmasse from TN assembly
2 April 2013 1:21 AM GMT
Opposition DMK members were on Monday evicted enmasse from Tamil Nadu assembly with a couple of them being handed a two-day suspension for disrupting the proceedings.
Trouble arose when transport minister Senthil Balaji was replying to a special call attention moved by DMK and Left parties on alleged irregularities in procurement of hand-held ticket vending machines for the state transport corporations.
Balaji made some remarks about DMK member M K Stalin which infuriated his party colleagues who strongly protested and remained on their feet.
Speaker P Dhanapal’s repeated pleas for decorum failed to evoke any response from the vociferous DMK members with some of them even trooping to near the Chair.
With his pleas going unheeded, Dhanapal summoned the marshals to evict the DMK members.
Soon, Finance Minister O Panneerselvam, also Leader of the House, moved a resolution seeking suspension of DMK MLAs Sivasankaran and J Anbazhagan, saying their conduct was not keeping to the ethos of the House and that they be suspended for two days from Monday.
Amid objections from principal opposition DMDK, the House passed the resolution by a voice vote.
Trouble arose when transport minister Senthil Balaji was replying to a special call attention moved by DMK and Left parties on alleged irregularities in procurement of hand-held ticket vending machines for the state transport corporations.
Balaji made some remarks about DMK member M K Stalin which infuriated his party colleagues who strongly protested and remained on their feet.
Speaker P Dhanapal’s repeated pleas for decorum failed to evoke any response from the vociferous DMK members with some of them even trooping to near the Chair.
With his pleas going unheeded, Dhanapal summoned the marshals to evict the DMK members.
Soon, Finance Minister O Panneerselvam, also Leader of the House, moved a resolution seeking suspension of DMK MLAs Sivasankaran and J Anbazhagan, saying their conduct was not keeping to the ethos of the House and that they be suspended for two days from Monday.
Amid objections from principal opposition DMDK, the House passed the resolution by a voice vote.
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