Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday became witness to acts of violence and vandalism by elected representatives of the state’s people. And, worse, this was not the first time that the members of the state’s legislative Assembly resorted to actions beneath their office.
When a special session of the Assembly was convened on Saturday for the new chief minister, Edipaddi Palaniswami, to go through a floor test to prove his majority in the House, many expected an end to the political uncertainty in the state since the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. However, what ensued were repeated instances of

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