Seating arrangement row: EPS arrested for staging strike
Permission was denied by the police department to hold a hunger protest at Valluvar Kottam.
CHENNAI: In spite of being denied accord to conduct a hunger strike against the Speaker, AIADMK led by leader of opposition Edappadi Palaniswami went ahead with the plan. He was arrested by the police.
During the assembly session on Tuesday, AIADMK led aired discontent over seating arrangements as the expelled leader O Panneerselvam was given a seat next to EPS. The party leaders created ruckus over alloting a seat to the 'renegade' leader next to Palaniswami despite submitting a petition to the Speaker to recognise RB Udhayakumar as the deputy Leader of Opposition (LoP).
EPS called the act of the Speaker “murder of democracy” and announced a hunger protest against the ruling DMK today in Valluvar Kottam.
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