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- Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar invited 1 typical each from the governmental parties to widen their greetings to the recently elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker. While inviting AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami to speak, the Chair addressed him as: “Hon’ble Member and erstwhile Chief Minister.” After Mr. Palaniswami’s speech, the Speaker looked astatine AIADMK MLA S.P. Velumani and said: “Mr. Velumani, you raised your manus to speak. Do you privation to speak?” As it turned out, 2 members of the AIADMK ended up speaking.
- As per the finalised seating arrangement, too the CM and the 10 Ministers— the ruling TVK’s allies-the Congress, CPI-M, IUML, CPI and VCK person been accommodated successful the archetypal enactment of the treasury benches. Besides Leader of the Opposition and the DMK’s lawman level leader, DMK legislative party’s whip and lawman whip, Secretary and Treasurer person been accommodated successful the archetypal enactment successful the Opposition benches. AIADMK members Edappadi K. Palaniswami, O.S. Manian and S.P. Velumani person been fixed seats. PMK, BJP and AMMK person besides been allotted seats successful the archetypal enactment of Opposition benches.
- Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin recovered an relation helium shared with Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay— their alma mater Loyola College. Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar acknowledged it saying “Yes, Loyolites!” Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin successful a lighter vein said: “But the DMK is from the elder batch successful starring the administration. The DMK came to powerfulness successful arsenic aboriginal arsenic 1967. We are acceptable to stock our cognition and experience, and you excessively should beryllium acceptable to person them. After all— the payment of Tamil Nadu is paramount to each of us!”
- The lone MLA from AMMK S. Kamaraj heaped precocious praises for Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay to the grade that helium ended up lauding the actions of the CM and the TVK authorities without greeting the recently elected Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. Mr. Kamaraj claimed wrong 2 days of the caller authorities assuming bureau helium saw however cleanable the Chennai metropolis has become. When chap MLAs pointed that out, Mr. Kamaraj roseate again to greet the recently elected Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. He said that his “support” for the TVK authorities would continue.
- DMK person Udhayanidhi Stalin continues to dependable his sentiment connected Sanatana Dharma. While concluding his archetypal code successful the 17th TN Assembly arsenic the Leader of the Opposition, said: “Let Tamil Win, Long Live Tamil Nadu! Sanatanam that divides radical should beryllium abolished!” He besides recovered an accidental to constituent astatine the quality of the government. “Though [TVK] it could not get a bulk of seats successful the caller elections, I widen my greetings to the caller authorities and the Chief Minister who has formed the authorities with the enactment of the MLAs from governmental parties that faced the elections successful the confederation led by the DMK.”
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Newly elected AIADMK MLA Edappadi K. Palaniswami speaks astatine the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, successful Chennai connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026) | Photo Credit: ANI
Published - May 12, 2026 08:05 p.m. IST
