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P. Wilson, a Rajya Sabha Member of the DMK and a elder advocate, has contended that it would beryllium legally incorrect to accidental the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam secured the votes of 144 legislators during Wednesday’s question of assurance successful the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
“The reported number of 144 votes secured by the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay successful the caller question of assurance remains a taxable of ineligible debate. If the 25 AIADMK rebels and lone AMMK rebel are disqualified (under anti-defection law), the uncontested full would beryllium 118. Edappadi K. Palaniswami, wide caput of the AIADMK, issued a wide directive to his enactment members to ballot against the motion, a mandate that serves arsenic a wide diktat nether Clause 2(b) of the Tenth Schedule. Similarly, Mr. TTV Dhinakaran accused his party’s sole MLA was won implicit done pecuniary gains,” Mr Wilson said successful a societal media post.
“Despite these superior allegations, the Speaker permitted the dissenting AIADMK group, led by Mr. Velumani, to formed their votes successful favour of the TVK, which critics reason is simply a usurpation of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (TNLA) Rules. Legal experts suggest that if these procedural decisions are challenged earlier the Governor oregon a court, the 26 votes could beryllium declared illegal. Furthermore, the Speaker could person appointed a committee to analyse the ‘cash-for-votes’ charges, a process approved by the Supreme Court successful the Raja Ram Pal case,” helium said.
Nevertheless, Mr. Wilson acknowledged that the TVK authorities would person secured the bulk successful the House with the 118 votes of his enactment and those of the Congress and the DMK’s allies, who extended enactment to it to debar President’s regularisation successful Tamil Nadu.
