DMK MLAs tear copies of privilege against Karuna

Pandemonium prevailed in Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday following a privilege issue directed against DMK chief M Karunanidhi with his party members tearing its copies and raising slogans against Speaker P Dhanapal before being evicted from the House. The issue pertains to Housing Minister R Vaidyalingam's complaint that the DMK president had attributed remarks not made by him on the floor of the Assembly with the matter being referred to the privileges committee.