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Live updates: Tamil Nadu Assembly Floor Test

Posted on: 18/Feb/2017 11:25:55 AM

  • 122 MLAs in the assembly voted in favour of CM Palanisamy 

  • After all 6 divisions of MLAs in Tamil Nadu Assembly vote in favour, CM Palanisamy wins vote of confidence 

  • Edappadi Palanisamy gets 122 votes with 11 against and wins the confidence motion on a voice vote.

  • Floor test has started in block 2 of Tamil Nadu assembly

  • CM Palanisamy`s vote of confidence: Voting begins in Tamil Nadu assembly

  • We are going to meet the Governor to apprise him of the situation here: MK Stalin

  • The Police have entered the assembly and are not letting it function: T. M. Anbarasan,  DMK MLA

  • Stalin and other DMK MLAs sit on a dharna inside assembly against eviction of 20 DMK MLAs from assembly.

  • Assembly Adjourned again till 3 PM

  • DMK MLAs to sit on dharna inside Tamil Nadu assembly premises.

  • Tamil Nadu assembly Speaker P Dhanapal orders assembly police to evict DMK MLAs.

  • DMK MLAs reportedly evicted from  TNAssembly following ruckus

  • DMK protest in TN assembly earlier today, MLAs snatch Speaker`s mic and throw paper



  • Tamil Nadu Assembly proceedings begin again

  • An injured official being taken to hospital following massive ruckus in the assembly



  • Assembly proceedings have been temporarily halted following huge uproar. An ambulance has been brought in

  • Meeting underway between CM Palanisami and senior ministers

  • Ku Ka Selvam DMK MLA sat on Speaker`s chair in protest

  • Tamil Nadu assembly has been adjourned till 1 pm after uproar.

  • Police move towards Assembly premises after huge uproar inside by DMK and other parties demanding secret ballot

  • Speaker Dhanapal leaves assembly following violence and slogan shouting

  • DMK protest in assembly: Table in front of Speaker`s chair has been broken,  . Microphones being thrown

  • DMK MLAs tear paper, throw chairs in assembly demanding secret ballot

  • DMK MLA Poongothai Aladi Aruna climbs on bench and raises slogans demanding secret ballot

  • DMK MLAs gherao Assembly Speaker Dhanapal, demanding secret ballot

  • MLAs should be allowed to meet constituency people - ADMK MLA Nataraj

  • Audio speaker kept in Tamil Nadu assembly press room (allocated for accredited reporters and cameraman) has been disconnected. 

  • Nobody can interfere in my decision on how to vote: Tamil Nadu assembly Speaker P Dhanapal 

  • Floor Test Congress demands to go for a secret ballot

  • MLAs should be given time to hear the views of their constituency people, till then time should be given: O.Panneerselvam

  • I urge to go for a secret ballot: O.Panneerselvam 

  • MLA`s should be allowed to go to their constituencies and come back to vote for the Confidence Motion -  O.Panneerselvam

  • People`s voice should be heard and then only the  floortest should be done in the assembly: O  Panneerselvam

  • Stalin`s plea for have the trust vote on another day, rejected by the speaker: Media Reports

  • Floor test should be done on another day. Why the hurry when the Governor has given 15 days time?: MK Stalin

  • Total 230 MLAs in TN assembly

  • All doors shut in Tamil Nadu assembly premises

  • I assure that the MLAs will be given adequate security: P. Dhanapal, Assembly Speaker

  • MLAs (Pannerselvam camp) raise slogans in TN assembly demand a secret ballot  floor test

  • Speaker appeals to the MLAs to calm down

  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy proposes the floor Test at the State Assembly.

  • OPS camp, opposition parties seek secret ballot at the Assembly.

  • Tamil Nadu is facing its first floor test in 30 years. After non-stop frenzy since O. Panneerselvam’s Marina revolt, the scene has now shifted to the Assembly where Edappadi K. Palaniswami is seeking a trust vote.