S Karunas would also able to get the DMK's support to get the 35 MLAs support for the admission of the motion for removal of Speaker.
Actor-turned-legislator S Karunas has sent a notice to the secretary of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly seeking removal of state Assembly speaker P Dhanapal under the Article 179 (c) of the Constitution even as the speaker is mulling to issue the notice to Karunas and 3 other MLAs who are supporting TTV Dinakaran under the anti-defection law.
In a letter to the Assembly secretary dated October 2, Karunas, who won from the Tiruvadanai Assembly seat contesting under the AIADMK's symbol, has requested his office to move the resolution as per Rule 68 of the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly.
"Mr P Dhanapal is not acting in accordance with the Constitution and legal principles. He is acting in a biased and partisan manner while conducting Assembly proceedings as well as discharging the constitutional duties as a Speaker. He is not acting as an independent authority who is holding a high constitutional position. There are numerous acts of Mr P Dhanapal demonstrating that he is not fit to hold the office of the Honourable Speaker of the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly. Moreover, he is also acting in a partisan and biased manner in the matters relating to the 10th Schedule of the Indian Constitution," he wrote.
The Tiruvadanai MLA's move comes at a time when Dhanapal was mulling action against him and three other AIADMK MLAs for supporting Dinakaran. Political commentators believe that Karunas' move was to pre-empt the Speaker from issuing a show-cause notice to disqualify them.
Karunas would also able to get the DMK's support to get the 35 MLAs support for the admission of the motion for removal of Speaker.
On Tuesday, DMK President MK Stalin, too, alleged that the state government is planning to disqualify Karunas to overcome the crisis that is likely to arise out of the case concerning disqualification of 18 MLAs.
A criminal case was filed against Karunas for making controversial statements about the Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister and a senior police officer. He also allegedly made casteist remarks and was arrested, but is now out on conditional bail. Karunas contested under the AIADMK symbol in 2016 Assembly elections.
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