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DMK petitions Governor for immediate floor test
A DMK-led delegation of Opposition parties on Sunday called on Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and urged him to direct Chief Minister K Palaniswami to prove his majority in the Assembly in view of rebellion by a section of ruling AIADMK MLAs.
Chennai : A DMK-led delegation of Opposition parties on Sunday called on Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and urged him to direct Chief Minister K Palaniswami to prove his majority in the Assembly in view of rebellion by a section of ruling AIADMK MLAs.
DMK also later said it would be constrained to move President Ram Nath Kovind, and if needed the court, if action was not initiated by Rao within a time frame. Ever since 19 MLAs loyal to sidelined AIADMK deputy chief TTV Dhinakaran met Rao on August 21 and expressed their lack of confidence in the Chief Minister, DMK has been demanding a floor test claiming that the present government had lost its majority.
In the 234-member Assembly, the present AIADMK government “enjoys the support of only 113 MLAs including the Speaker,” DMK working president M K Stalin said in a letter to Rao, the second since last week on the issue and handed over by the
delegation.
Pointing out that his party had 89 MLAs, Congress eight and IUML one member, he claimed the number of MLAs opposed to the government stood at 120, including the “22 dissenting ruling party MLAs” in the 234-member House with one vacancy. “It is now abundantly clear that the Council of Ministers headed by Palaniswami has lost confidence of the majority MLAs,” Stalin claimed.
Terming the situation as a “Constitutional crisis”, Stalin requested the Governor to immediately intervene and order a floor test to prove Palaniswami government’s majority. “…kindly take all measures to restore good governance and democracy in the state,” the DMK leader said.
The delegation comprised Duraimurugan, DMK Rajya Sabha MPs Kanimozhi, RS Barathi, IUML MLA KAM Mohammed Abubacker, and Congress legislator and party whip, S Vijayadharani.
Like in their previous letters, Stalin in his latest plea again cited the landmark SR Bommai case and said allowing the Palaniswami regime to continue would tantamount to violation of the Supreme Court judgement in that case. The top court had held in the Bommai case that the only place to determine a government’s majority was the legislative Assembly.
