Tamil Nadu assembly adjourned till 3 pm after massive ruckus by DMK MLAs

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Chennai: Amid pandemonium, the Tamil Nadu assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal on Saturday sent out legislators belonging to DMK for creating ruckus and adjourned the House till 3 p.m.

He gave this ruling when the House resumed after a brief adjournment following pandemonium that reigned with opposition parties demanding secret ballot to decide the fate of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami who proposed a confidence motion.

This is the second time the Assembly has been adjourned during the special session that was called to conduct a floor test. 

Earlier, the House was adjourned till 1 pm after a violent outburst by the DMK MLAs who demanded a secret ballot and deferment of the floor-test. However, these requests were denied. 

After the House was reconvened at 1 pm, the DMK MLAs were expelled by the Speaker for their earlier unruly and violent behaviour. The DMK MLAs protested their expulsion from the House by the Speaker and refused to leave even as marshalled were called in to evict them out.