Chennai: Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday witnessed unruly scenes when DMK members gheraoed Speaker P Dhanapal seeking secret ballot for the trust vote, who subsequently left the House with marshals escorting him, stalling the proceedings.


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Pandemonium reigned in the Tamil Nadu assembly on Saturday as Speaker P Dhanapal was heckled by the opposition DMK members, after Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami proposed a confidence motion. The Speaker adjourned the House till 3 pm.


When the marshals tried to escort Dhanapal out, DMK members pulled him back to his chair. One DMK MLA sat on the Speaker's chair in protest.


The Speaker sent out legislators belonging to DMK for creating ruckus, before adjourning the House.


As Dhanapal was pushed and shoved in the commotion, Assembly marshals stepped in and safely escorted him out with no clarity on whether the House has been adjourned or not.


For a very brief distance, in order to help the Speaker come down from his elevated podium, he was physically carried by the Assembly watch and ward staff.