{"id":62580,"date":"2017-02-18T11:09:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T11:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=62580"},"modified":"2017-02-18T11:09:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T11:09:20","slug":"speaker-dhanpal-manhandled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/speaker-dhanpal-manhandled\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Dhanpal manhandled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A free-for-all erupted inside the Tamil Nadu assembly today over a trust vote as aggressive demands for secret voting degenerated into chairs and tables being broken, mics being broken and the Speaker being manhandled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amid a complete media blackout of the drama inside the assembly, lawmakers of the opposition DMK lawmakers surrounded Speaker P Dhanapal&#8217;s chair, toppled his table, tore papers and booklets and manhandled him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62581\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aa-Cover-11orhmgap42c4l21fumdh37sh3-20170218131253.Medi_.jpeg\" alt=\" Speaker Dhanpal manhandled\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aa-Cover-11orhmgap42c4l21fumdh37sh3-20170218131253.Medi_.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aa-Cover-11orhmgap42c4l21fumdh37sh3-20170218131253.Medi_-500x280.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aa-Cover-11orhmgap42c4l21fumdh37sh3-20170218131253.Medi_-768x430.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the Speaker was escorted out by security personnel, a lawmaker was seen sitting in his chair and laughing.&#8221;Where do I go, tell the public about the torture meted out to me,&#8221; Mr Dhanapal said later, alleging that his shirt was torn. He announced the eviction of the DMK lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In all this chaos, there was no live telecast and audio to the media room was cut off.A large contingent of policemen moved into the assembly building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62582\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/17live-stalin.jpg\" alt=\" Speaker Dhanpal manhandled\" width=\"367\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The chaos erupted just as Chief Minister E Palaniswami was to face a trust vote after demands for secret voting, backed by the O Panneerselvam-led AIADMK faction and the opposition DMK, was rejected by the Speaker. Opposition lawmakers refused to allow the trust vote and demanded that Mr Dhanapal defer it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A free-for-all erupted inside the Tamil Nadu assembly today over a trust vote as aggressive demands for secret voting degenerated into chairs and tables being broken, mics being broken and the Speaker being manhandled. 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