AIADMK submits clarification to Speaker on anti-defection petition

AIADMK leaders on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) met Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar and submitted a letter from the party’s general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, furnishing clarifications on his petition seeking action against former AIADMK legislators under the anti-defection law.

AIADMK MLAs Agri S.S. Krishnamurthy, N. Thalavai Sundaram, and Thamarai S. Rajendran met the Speaker at the Secretariat and handed over the letter. Earlier, the Speaker had sought certain clarifications from Mr. Palaniswami after receiving written explanations from former MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel (Madhuranthagam), S. Jayakumar (Perundurai), P. Sathyabama (Dharapuram), and Esaki Subaya (Ambasamudram) in response to notices issued to them under the anti-defection law.

Speaking to reporters later, Mr. Krishnamurthy said, “Six former legislators [including C. Vijayabaskar and M.R. Vijayabhaskar] had betrayed both the AIADMK and the people who elected them by resigning their Assembly membership and joining the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).”