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Defending the actions of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in passing a resolution to retain only the prepa

Defending the actions of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in passing a resolution to retain only the prepared speech copy on the Assembly records, Speaker M. Appavu said Mr. Stalin had handled “unprecedented situation caused by Governor R.N. Ravi cleverly and had upheld the dignity of Assemblies of all States.

Making the statements at Assembly two days after the Governor staged a walkout, Mr. Appavu made it clear that the duty of the Governor was to address the House only from the printed speech and he could not add or delete anything.

“Had the Chief Minister not moved the resolution, the Governor’s action would have caused shame to the entire country,” Mr. Appavu stated.

On the day of simultaneous release of the movies Thunivu starring actor Ajith and Varisu starring actor Vijay, a 19-year-old fan of Mr. Ajith died of grievous injuries during the opening day celebrations at Chennai.

Around 1 am, the youth, Bharath Kumar, 19, of Chintadripet in who is a fan of actor Ajith climbed atop a moving tanker lorry near Rohini theatre at Chennai and danced in celebration when he fell off the vehicle, suffering spinal cord injuries. He died at the  Government Kilpauk Hospital.

On day three of the year’s first Assembly session, the AIADMK MLAs came clad in black shirts as a mark of protest against the pending decision on naming the party’s new deputy opposition leader (replacing O. Panneerselvam).

Led by the party leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami, the party MLAs staged a walk-out when CM Stalin pointed fingers at the previous AIADMK regime when Mr. Palaniswami charged that the law and order situation in Tamil Nadu has deteriorated, referring to the sexual harassment of a woman cop during DMK public meeting at Virugambakkam.