Ruling AIADMK's nominee P
Dhanapal was today unanimously elected as Speaker of the Tamil
Nadu Assembly, the first Dalit to be elected to the post in 50
years. Pro-Tem Speaker C K Tamizharasan announced that Dhanapal
was unanimously elected as he was the only candidate to have
filed nomination for the election caused by the surprise
resignation of D Jayakumar as Speaker recently.Dhanapal was led to the chair by Leader of the House
and Finance Minister O Panneerselvam and Deputy Leader of DMDK
Legislature Party Panruti S Ramachandran, who did the honours
in the absence of Leader of the Opposition and his party
founder leader Vijaykant.Felicitating Dhanapal, who had resigned as Deputy
Speaker to file his nomination, both opposition DMDK and DMK
assured their support to him and urged for equal opportunities
for the opposition to speak in the assembly.DMK chief M Karunanidhi was among the notable
absentees while members of AIADMK, which has a massive
majority of 151 MLAs in the 234-member House, was present in
full strength led by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
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