MHC directs Speaker Appavu to reply

Chennai: Madras High Court has directed TN Assembly Speaker Appavu to respond to the petition filed by Edappadi K Palaniswami seeking action by the Speaker on his request for re-allocation of seat and recognition of RB Udayakumar as Deputy Leader of Opposition. Reference has been made to.

The court listed the matter for hearing on December 12 and gave the Speaker time till then to respond to EPS’ plea.

The AIADMK has been at loggerheads with the Speaker after his written requests to recognize RB Udayakumar as the deputy leader of the opposition and reallocate the seat of EPS’s arch rival O Panneerselvam were not considered.