 "Dhinakaran")
Tamil Nadu Speaker P Dhanapal on Moday disqualified 18 AIADMK MLAs who withdrew support to Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami.
These MLAs support T T V Dhinakaran.
The Speaker disqualifed them under Schedule 10 (provisions as to disqualification on ground of defection).
Meanwhile, Dhinakaran faction decided to approach the Court.
A total of 19 AIADMK MLAs had submitted a letter to the Governor C Vidyasagar Rao earlier stating they were withdrawing their support to Chief Minister Palaniswami. They also asked the Governor to initiate the process to appoint a new Chief Minister.
AIADMK's Chief Whip S Rajendran then wrote
