Madras High Court allows plea of 18 disqualified MLAs for urgent hearing on Wednesday

Palaniswami will be seeking the confidence vote in line with Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao asking him to do so on Thursday while inviting him to form the government. Photo: ANI

New Delhi: On Tuesday, Madras High Court has allowed plea of 18 disqualified MLAs for urgent hearing on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI/File)

Sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran claimed that legislators supporting him would not have been disqualified had Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao acted on time on their plea against Chief Minister K Palaniswami. Image: PTI-File

Since August 22, when 19 of the MLAs revolted against Palaniswami and sought his removal with Rao, the governor was aware that the chief minister lacked the "magic number of 117", the simple majority in the 234-member House, he claimed. (Photo: PTI/File)

On Monday, 18 MLAs backing TTV Dhinakaran were disqualified by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal. (Image: ANI)