Today the Dinakaran camp MLAs have urged the governor to change the chief minister, saying they have lost faith and confidence in his corrupt regime. They also asked the governor to “start the constitutional process” after the government was reduced to a minority.

With in few hours after 19 AIADMK legislators withdrew support to Tamil Nadu chief minister Edapaddi Palanisami, DMK working president MK Stalin on Tuesday demanded the immediate convening of an assembly session and a floor test for the government to prove its majority in the house.

In a letter to governor C Vidyasagar Rao, Stalin cited the SR Bommai judgment and said the current government was reduced to a minority after 22 MLAs withdrew support and as such its continuation was unconstitutional.

Stalin told reporters the governor ought to have ordered a floor test after the MLAs formally informed him about withdrawing their support. “It is ironic that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks about waging war against corruption but was personally engaged in bringing together two of the corrupt politicians in Tamil Nadu together,” he alleged.

Asked if the DMK would bring a no-confidence motion, Stalin said his party will take a view after discussing all aspects of the issue and developments threadbare.

The political scene in Tamil Nadu only heated up after the merger, allegedly brokered by the BJP.
“Edapaddi Palanisami must explain as to how and why the traitor, OPS, who sought votes parading the dead body of Amma in RK Nagar constituency for his faction candidate, has been given deputy chief ministership,” said Najil Sampath, a close supporter of Dinakaran.

Palanisami must also explain as to why he ignored a group of 20 MLAs and ran after a person who had just 10 MLAs, Senior MLA S Vetrivel in dinakaran camp claimed.