AIADMK-DMDK brawl: Vijaykanth suspended for 10 days
DMDK members, including Vijaykanth, were evicted from the House yesterday 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 in the course of noisy scenes.
Speaker D Jayakumar had referred to the Privileges Committee the behaviour of Vijaykanth.
Privileges
Committee
Chairman
and
Deputy
Speaker
V
Dhanapal
today
tabled
its
report
before
the
House
which
was
moved
as
a
resolution
by
Finance
Minister
and
leader
of
the
House
O
Pannerselvam
on
which
the
opposition
demanded
a
discussion.
However,
no
discussion
was
allowed
and
the
House
adopted
the
resolution
even
as
DMDK
members
were
up
on
their
feet.
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.
Soon, DMDK MLAs led by party's Deputy Leader S Ramachandran staged a walkout raising slogans against the decision. DMK and Left party members also joined them in the walkout.
The Speaker ruled that Vijaykant was not entitled for his salary and other perks during the suspension period. The other members of DMDK did not face any action, he said, adding, they would not be spared if they persist with such behaviour.
PTI