Chennai sources have stated that DMK leader M.K. Stalin on Thursday had requested Speaker P. Dhanapal to provide him with the unedited footage of the February 18, 2017 proceedings in the Tamil Nadu Assembly to submit the same before the Madras High Court.
Meanwhile the High Court on Wednesday directed the opposition DMK to produce video clippings or any other recordings to substantiate the party’s claim that the trust vote held that day was by “contravening” the rules of the Assembly.
In his letter to the Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly referred to the DMK’s February 20, 2017 petition filed in the High Court, seeking to declare the confidence vote “null and void” as it was conducted by “contravening the rules of the Assembly”.
When stating that the next hearing would be on February 27, 2017, the DMK working president requested the Speaker that immediate action is taken to provide him the footage.
