Chennai, Nov 11:
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar conducted an inquiry on Tuesday with two former AIADMK legislators who defected to the ruling TVK and scheduled the final hearing for November 12.
The proceedings are being held pursuant to directions from the Madras High Court regarding anti-defection and disqualification petitions submitted by the AIADMK. The two former legislators appeared before the Speaker at the Secretariat, tendering both oral submissions and written statements responding to the opposition party’s complaint, and later expressed confidence that the process was heading in the right direction. Notices have also been served to sitting MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel (Madurantakam) and P. Sathyabama (Dharapuram), who re-entered the Assembly on TVK tickets.
During the hearing, AIADMK leaders and legislators Agri S.S. Krishnamurthy and Thalavai N. Sundaram were present alongside senior advocate S.R. Rajagopal. The inquiry follows the Madras High Court’s ruling upholding the Speaker’s initial acceptance of resignations while mandating an expedited hearing to resolve the Tenth Schedule disqualification proceedings.