DMK begins hunger strike against trust vote ruckus

February 22, 2017 09:26

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has begun its hunger strike to protest the Tamil Nadu assembly ruckus during Edappadi Palaniswami's trust vote.

DMK men will fast from 9am to 5pm in all the district headquarters.

DMK leaders say there is palpable anger against the AIADMK government that the trust vote has done little to douse.

"I will be participating in the hunger strike in Trichy. Duraimurugan will lead the protest in Kancheepuram,'' party working president M K Stalin said.

"If a confidence motion was moved and the session was adjourned without executing the motion, there should be a gap of six months to move another motion again. But the motion was moved twice on February 18. This is a clear violation and the motion is invalid,'' he said.

On Tuesday, the DMK submitted a letter to Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretary AMP Jamaludeen for a No-Confidence Motion against Speaker P Dhanapal.

"During the session on February 18, the Speaker acted with ulterior motives. On that basis, given that there is no confidence on him, we have submitted the letter seeking a No-Confidence Motion against him," Stalin said.

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