AIADMK legislators meet Speaker for rearrangement of seat in House

AIADMK party whip SP Velumani along with party MLAs on Tuesday met Speaker M Appavu in his chamber to urge him to allot a seat for RB Udhayakumar, who was elected as party’s Deputy Leader of Opposition, in the front row.

Former speaker Pollachi Jayaraman, deputy whip S Ravi, senior leaders KP Munusamy, OS Manian, Agri SS Krishnamoorthy have also accompanied Velumani.

The Speaker assured that he would look into the demand regarding the re-arrangement of seats in the existing set up, said one of the 20 odd MLAs in EPS camp who represented the issue. Hitherto, EPS shares seat with friend-turned-foe O Panneerselvam in a two-seater chair in the opposition bench.