Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker expunges remarks against Karunanidhi by Law Minister Nirmalkumar
Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar expunged remarks made by Law Minister R. Nirmalkumar regarding the late DMK leader M. Karunanidhi. The Speaker emphasized that remarks must be directly relevant to the motion being discussed and reminded members of parliamentary decorum.
Why it matters
This highlights the enforcement of legislative discipline and the ongoing political tensions within the Tamil Nadu state assembly.
Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar, on Tuesday (August 18, 2026), expunged the remarks made by Law Minister R. Nirmalkumar against late Chief Minister and DMK leader K. Karunanidhi, saying he would not allow any speech or reference that had no connection with the issue being discussed in the special calling-attention motion.
“I do not know whose attention you seek to draw through your remarks. I cannot allow anything that is not directly related to the issue. You can certainly refer to similar incidents associated with the subject being discussed,” he said after Mr. Nirmalkumar, who was replying to a special calling-attention motion on the killing of three Tamils in Karnataka, made the remarks.
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