Stalin requests Prez to annul TN trust vote

"After throwing all 89 DMK MLAs out, a Confidence Vote was held. We have apprised the President about it and the way in which Assembly Speaker conducted the proceedings in favour of the ruling party," said Stalin.

He added,"We have asked the President to nullify the



Confidence Vote and direct the Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao to hold a fresh floor test through secret ballot. Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand have set an example in holding secret ballots."

Commenting on unruly behaviour of his MLAs in the Assembly, Stalin said DMK "has never" encouraged violence. "It is the DMK MLAs who have been attacked in the incident," he said.

Stalin's meeting with the President comes days after he had urged Tamil Nadu Governor Rao to "nullify" the confidence vote, which was won by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami after forcible en-masse eviction of DMK legislators from the state Assembly on February 18.

Palaniswami had won the trust vote by a huge margin of 122-11, on Saturday.