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Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker drops action against 21 AIADMK MLAs after Palaniswami condones them

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker drops action against 21 AIADMK MLAs after Palaniswami condones them

Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar. File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) announced that, following the receipt of four separate letters from AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, condoning the conduct of 21 of the 25 rebel MLAs who voted contrary to the…

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S.P. Velumani | From loyalist to rebel

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S.P. Velumani | From loyalist to rebel

Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar In India’s electoral politics, it is not uncommon for trusted lieutenants to turn against their mentors. A case in point is 57-year-old S.P. Velumani, Tamil Nadu’s former Local Administration Minister in the AIADMK government, who is now leading colleagues against the party’s general secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami….

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How the anti-defection law is going to operate in the AIADMK case?

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How the anti-defection law is going to operate in the AIADMK case?

AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami addressing the media along with party MLAs after the confidence motion in the State Assembly Secretariat in Chennai on May 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The story so far: The rift in the AIADMK widened on Wednesday night (May 13, 2026) in the wake of the party…

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