Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami on Sunday urged the farmers from his state who have been protesting at Jantar Mantar to call off their strike and assured them of taking up their demands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“During the election campaigning in R.K. Nagar many malpractices were done and Rs. 4000 were offered to each voter. We have submitted all this to the Election Commission yesterday and asked to inquire into the matter,” Panneerselvam said.
The apex court rejected the petition stating that the matter became infructuous as she has been already convicted in the disproportionate assets case, adding she is now not eligible for the chief minister’s post.
Petitioner Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhgaam (TPDK) opposed construction of a memorial for Jayalalithaa by the government on the ground that she was the prime accused in the disproportionate wealth case in which Supreme Court recently convicted three co-accused.
DMK’s working president M.K.Stalin is leading the strike, as he had earlier announced that his party will launch a state-wide hunger strike.
The assembly was facing its first floor test in 30 years, and there was a debate over the ballot, with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the Congress and the Indian Union Muslim League expressing mixed views about the confidence vote.
The sacking order was passed and authorised by former party Presidium Chairman E. Madhusudanan.
Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao requested the Chief Minister to seek the vote of confidence in the assembly within 15 days.
“The Governor has today appointed Edappadi K Palaniwami, Party Headquarters Secretary of AIADMK as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and invited him to form the ministry at the earliest,” a Raj Bhavan release said.
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