DMDK leader Vijaykanth suspended for 10 days

February 02, 2012 13:39

Leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Vijaykanth was today suspended for 10 days after the Privileges Committee went into the conduct of the DMDK leader during a heated exchange with Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

DMDK members, including Vijaykanth, were evicted from the House on Wednesday after a fiery verbal exchange between him and the chief minister who dubbed his conduct as "obnoxious".

He had also made some gestures at the ruling AIADMK benches during noisy scenes. Speaker D Jayakumar had referred to the Privileges Committee the behaviour of Vijaykanth.

The Speaker said Vijaykanth was being suspended for 10 days in this session as well as the next as the ongoing session ends on February 4.

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