Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, agreed to consider the AIADMK’s request to allocate the seat of Deputy Leader in the Assembly to R.B. Udhayakumar. The seat has so far been occupied by the AIADMK’s expelled coordinator, O. Panneerselvam.
The Speaker made the announcement after Chief Minister M.K. Stalin requested him to kindly reconsider his decision on the issue and to allot the seat to Mr Udhayakumar, who has been elected as the Deputy Leader of the AIADMK Legislature Party, headed by former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
During the Zero Hour, Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami raised the issue in the House reiterating his party’s demand to allot the seat next to him to Mr. Udhayakumar, which he said, has been a tradition. Mr. Panneerselvam was not present in the House on Tuesday.
