Tamil Nadu Assembly: DMK MLAs evicted after sit-in protest demanding expunction of CM Vijay’s remarks on Sarkaria Commission, MISA

DMK MLAs have been evicted from the Tamil Nadu Meeting on the route of Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) after they staged a sit-in protest and raised slogans demanding the expunction of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s remarks on the Sarkaria Fee, Upkeep of Inner Safety Act (MISA), former Chief Minister M.Okay. Stalin, late Murasoli Maran, and the dossier prepared by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in opposition to the erstwhile DMK authorities.

Mr. Prabhakar made it clear that he wouldn’t expunge the remarks, saying the problems, significantly the Sarkaria Fee, had been debated within the Home a number of instances and that the Chief Minister had quoted from an ED report that was already within the public area. “He has not mentioned something new,” he mentioned.

Because the DMK MLAs insisted that the Chief Minister’s remarks be faraway from the proceedings, moved in the direction of the Speaker’s chair, and staged a sit-in, the Speaker mentioned DMK whip E.V. Velu may specific his views on the difficulty. Mr. Velu had raised the matter instantly after the proceedings started and demanded the expunction of the Chief Minister’s remarks.

The DMK MLAs, nonetheless, remained agency on their demand. After making an attempt to steer them to return to their seats and Mr. Velu to talk, the Speaker ordered the Meeting’s watch and ward workers to evict them from the Home. Whereas a lot of the MLAs left the Home, some have been carried out. Valparai MLA Kutti alias Sudhakar resisted the eviction and created a ruckus.

Mr. Prabhakar mentioned the Chief Minister had abided by the foundations of the Meeting and spoken with enough proof.

“The DMK MLAs had come to the Home with a motive. Although the social gathering is led by a senior chief and so they disrupted the Home, what possibility do I’ve? Even then, I granted permission to Mr. Velu to talk. I’m pained by what occurred immediately,” he mentioned. The Speaker mentioned the dignity of the Home needs to be protected and that individuals the world over have been watching its proceedings.

What CM did was in opposition to guidelines of Home: DMK whip

Mr. Velu mentioned that, underneath the foundations of the Meeting, a Minister or the Chief Minister ought to confine his remarks to points referring to the departments for which they have been anticipated to answer. “What the Chief Minister did on Monday [September 7] was in opposition to the foundations of the Home. We sat patiently for the primary 26 minutes,” he mentioned.

Mr. Velu additionally mentioned it was unacceptable to confer with or stage allegations in opposition to an individual who was not current within the Home. He mentioned it was unfair to pull the title of late Murasoli Maran, “who was famend the world over.”

“Our chief (M.Okay. Stalin) was arrested just a few days after his marriage ceremony and lodged in jail for a 12 months. MISA [Maintenance of Internal Security Act, which was repealed in 1978] was in opposition to democracy,” he mentioned.

Chief of the Home Okay.A. Sengottaiyan mentioned there was nothing improper in referring to the Sarkaria Fee, because it had been mentioned within the Home a number of instances previously.

PWD Minister Aadhav Arjuna claimed CPI(M) State secretary P. Shanmugam had taken exception to the Chief Minister’s remarks due to a misunderstanding.