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Chennai, Jan 6 (Reporter) The main opposition AIADMK MLAs were on Monday evacuated from
the Tamil Nadu Assembly for staging a protest to draw the government's attention demanding
justice to the victim of the alleged sexual assault at the state-run Anna university campus.
Wearing blackbadges and holding placards, witht he slogans 'Who is that SIR' to whom the
arrested accused spoke as allegedly mentioned by the victim, they raised slogans demanding
justice to the girl student.
As they disrupted the proceedings, Speaker M Appavu ordered their eviction following which
the AIADMK members madea noisy exit from the House.
Later, talking to reporters outsidethe Assembly premises, AIADMK General Secretary and
Leader of the Opposition Edappadi KPalaniswami said the Governor did not boycotted the
address but the ruling DMK deliberately prevented him.
He said the Tamil Nadu Assembly has consistently followed this tradition, and there has been
no change in it.
However, the ruling government's deliberate action prevented the Governor from delivering his
customary address to the House, he charged
He also alleged that since the DMK government came to power, the customary Governor’s
address has effectively turned into the 'Speaker’s address'.
On protest against Anna university sexual assault incident, Mr Palanswami said the AIADMK
was not politicising the issue, but was demanding justice for victim.
He also questioned the silence of Chief Minister M K Stalin and Depitu Chief Miniser
Udhayanidhi Stalin on the issue.
Meanwhile, the issue was expected to generate more heat in the ongoing Assembly
session as alliance parry members of the ruling DMK have submitted letters to
the Speaker seeking to move a Special Calling Attention Motion on the incident...////...