The AIADMK legislators were en masse evicted from the Assembly on Wednesday after they staged a dharna near the Speaker’s chair seeking to expunge some remarks made by Congress floor leader K. Selvaperunthagai.
In his speech during the discussion on the Thanjavur electrocution in which 11 people were killed, Mr. Selvaperunthagai referred to the loss of lives of over 40 people in a stampede during the Mahamaham festival in Kumbakonam in February 1992 attended by then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her aide. The Congress MLA also quoted from former Chief Minister’s statements in the Assembly over the stampede
The AIADMK members were not present when Mr. Selvaperunthagai made the remarks, as they had staged a walkout of the House. On their return, Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami objected to the Congress MLA’s remarks and attempted to speak in this regard.
