Chennai, Nov 9:
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar has issued show-cause notices to four MLAs who defected from the AIADMK to the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), fixing personal hearings ahead of a final decision on November 17.
The notices were issued to Maragatham Kumaravel (Maduranthakam), Sathiyabama (Dharapuram), Jayakumar (Perundurai), and Esakki Subbaiah (Ambasamudram). The four had submitted resignations and joined TVK after cross-voting during the May 13 confidence motion. A petition seeking their disqualification under the anti-defection law had been moved by AIADMK whip Agri S.S. Krishnamoorthy.
Following a Madras High Court division bench order directing the Speaker to decide on the disqualification petitions within two months, personal hearings have been listed for November 10, 11, and 12, where legal counsel for AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami will make submissions ahead of the final hearing on November 17.