Tamil Nadu Speaker P Dhanapal on Moday disqualified 18 AIADMK MLAs who withdrew support to Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami. These MLAs support T T V Dhinakaran. The Speaker disqualifed them under Schedule 10 (provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection).

Meanwhile, Dhinakaran faction decided to approach the Court. A total of 19 AIADMK MLAs had submitted a letter to the Governor C Vidyasagar Rao earlier stating they were withdrawing their support to Chief Minister Palaniswami. They also asked the Governor to initiate the process to appoint a new ...