DMK MLA presses for notifying Jaya’s constituency as vacant
11 Oct 2014 5:21 AM IST
DMK on Thursday continued its attack on arch rival AIADMK, with a party MLA petitioning assembly secretary to notify the Srirangam assembly constituency, represented by former CM J Jayalalithaa, as vacant in the wake of her disqualification as MLA following the four-year jail term awarded to her in a graft case.
DMK South Chennai district secretary J Anbazhagan, alleged ‘ulterior motives’ behind the non-notification of the vacancy even ten days after the court verdict.
Consequent to the Bangalore court verdict in the illegal assets case, Jaya was ‘disqualified from holding the office of MLA and has demitted the office of chief minister’ with O Panneerselvam replacing her, he said in a letter to assembly secretary AMP Jamaludeen, copy of which was released to media by the DMK headquarters.
The SC had clearly held that disqualification operates from the moment the conviction was made by the competent criminal court, he said adding ‘...on the contrary, your inaction to notify the vacancy of Srirangam Assembly constituency is clearly due to ulterior motives’.
DMK South Chennai district secretary J Anbazhagan, alleged ‘ulterior motives’ behind the non-notification of the vacancy even ten days after the court verdict.
Consequent to the Bangalore court verdict in the illegal assets case, Jaya was ‘disqualified from holding the office of MLA and has demitted the office of chief minister’ with O Panneerselvam replacing her, he said in a letter to assembly secretary AMP Jamaludeen, copy of which was released to media by the DMK headquarters.
The SC had clearly held that disqualification operates from the moment the conviction was made by the competent criminal court, he said adding ‘...on the contrary, your inaction to notify the vacancy of Srirangam Assembly constituency is clearly due to ulterior motives’.
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