Tamil Nadu Chief Minister EK Palaniswami wins trust vote: As it happened

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday won the vote of confidence in the state Assembly. Palaniswami, who was sworn in on Thursday as Chief Minister, won by 122 voice votes.

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has won the vote of confidence with the support of 122 MLAs. 

The development came minutes after DMK Working President MK Stalin told media that his party members were thrashed, threatened and forcefully evicted from the House. 

Palaniswami, who was sworn in on Thursday as Chief Minister, won with 122 votes for the motion, while 11 votes were cast against the confidence vote by the rival AIADMK camp led by former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam.

The end came tamely after DMK`s 88 members, who were present were ordered to be evicted by Speaker P. Dhanapal after they indulged in ruckus.

Here are the live updates from the ongoing political crisis in the state:

18 February 2017

18:42 IST

Speaker's agenda is to announce CM's success in getting confidence vote in DMK's absence; it's unconstitutional: MK Stalin in letter to TN Governor

18:39 IST

Request Tamil Nadu Governor to restore democratic values and order Assembly postponement for conducting secret voting on Confidence Motion: MK Stalin in letter