Notices sent to four ex-MLAs for defying AIADMK whip during trust vote in Tamil Nadu Assembly

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar connected Friday (June 12, 2026) said notices were issued connected June 9 to 4 erstwhile AIADMK MLAs who voted successful favour of the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay-led government, erstwhile they were members of the House, during the assurance ballot connected May 13, defying the directions of the enactment whip.

Notices were issued by the Assembly Secretariat to S. Jayakumar, P. Sathyabama, Maragatham Kumaravel, and Esaki Subaya, who were among the 25 rebel AIADMK MLAs who voted successful favour of the TVK-led authorities and later resigned from their posts arsenic legislators and joined the TVK. Barring these four, the remaining 21 rebel MLAs were condoned by AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami aft they reconciled with the party.

Speaking to journalists astatine the Secretariat successful Chennai, Mr. Prabhakar said the 4 erstwhile MLAs would person to respond wrong a week from the day of issuance of the notices.

Training programme for MLAs

Further, the Speaker said a two-day grooming programme connected June 16 and 17 volition beryllium organised by the Assembly Secretariat astatine Kalaivanar Arangam successful Chennai for each MLAs to familiarise themselves with Assembly proceedings.

Mr. Vijay volition inaugurate the grooming programme, and each legislators, irrespective of their anterior experience, volition beryllium invited to attend. Officials from the Assembly Secretariat and erstwhile Assembly Secretaries volition behaviour sessions connected the procedures to beryllium followed during Assembly sessions.