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Palaniswami wins trust vote, 122 MLAs voted in favour

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Source: News18

With DMK and Congress absent from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, new Chief Minister and Sasikala pick Edappadi Palanisamy on Saturday won the vote of confidence, with 122 AIADMK MLAs voting in his favour.

In the open ballot, all 122 MLAs who had earlier pledged support to Palanisamy, voted in his favour. 11 MLAs, who had pledged allegiance to Panneerselvam, voted against him.

Earlier, ruckus broke out in Tamil Nadu Assembly as a special session began or the key floor test on the confidence motion to be moved by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy.

The Speaker P Dhanapal walked out of the Assembly and the House was adjourned till 1 PM amid violence by DMK MLAs. Legislators tore papers, broke chairs and pulled off microphones after the Speaker rejected their demand of secret ballot in trust vote.

“The Speaker forcibly evicted DMK members from the house, against democratic values,” said OPS.

The Palanisamy camp had 122 MLAs in the 234-member House with one vacancy. Ailing DMK supremo M Karunanidhi was not present in the House.

He also said that the MLAs who had voted against him would now have to answer to the people.

“We tried for a secret ballot, but despite our efforts it was not possible,” O Panneerselvam said after Palanisamy won the trust vote.

Speaker said that he has reconvened the Assembly despite the violence against him. “House will function only according to rules,” he adds.

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