18 MLAs backing Dinakaran disqualified by Tamil Nadu Speaker
The 18 MLAs backing TTV Dhinakaran have been disqualified by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal.
The MLAs were disqualified under the 1986 Tamil Nadu Assembly Members party defection law.
18 MLAs backing TTV Dhinakaran disqualified by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal. pic.twitter.com/pJedJ3aOWK
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The decision was immediately challenged by the Dinakaran camp, which said it would take it to court.
But the disqualification of the 18 MLAs means it should be slightly easier for the E Palaniswami-led AIADMK government to pass the high court-ordered floor test on September 20.