DMK sees red at Chinamma's mention in Assembly
March 16, 2017  13:12
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And in the Tamil Nadu assembly, the K Palaniswami government today presented its maiden budget where a reference to AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala by Finance Minister D Jayakumar invited strong protests from the opposition DMK. DMK, which demanded that the remarks be expunged, also tried to raise the issue of a no confidence motion proposed by it against Speaker P Dhanapal.


But the Speaker said he would stick to the day's agenda of presentation of the budget and possibly take up the matter later during this session. Soon after commencing his budget speech, Jayakumar paid tributes to late chief Minister Jayalalithaa and later thanked "honourable Chinnamma' (Sasikala).


At this point, Leader of the Opposition M K Stalin sprang to his feet and questioned how the name of a person convicted by the court could be raised in the Assembly. He was supported by party MLAs who were seen making loud protests. In the meantime, the Speaker asked the Finance Minister to pause his budget speech for a while and allowed Stalin to speak. Questioning mention of Sasikala's name, Stalin said the Speaker does not even allow sub-judice matters to be raised.


File picture. Sasikala is doing jail time.
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