Mylapore MLA R Nataraj to Vote against Palaniswami in Floor Test

The Mylapore constituency and former Tamil Nadu director general of police R Nataraj on Friday told that he will vote against Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami at the Assembly floor test on Saturday. Palaniswami was made chief minister on Thursday, after the Supreme Court had convicted All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam interim chief VK Sasikala in a disproportionate assets case.

Nataraj said he will vote against the motion of confidence, which will be introduced in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday. “I will vote reflecting the will of the people and the collective desire of the party men that the AIADMK must remain united,” he reportedly said.

Palaniswami will have to prove his majority in the Assembly at the trust vote on Saturday morning. He was sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Thursday along with 31 state Cabinet ministers, more than 10 days after ousted leader O Panneerselvam had resigned from the post and later requested Governor C Vidyasagar Rao to allow him to withdraw his resignation.

The Edapaddi cancelled his scheduled visit to Bengaluru’s Pagrahara Agrahara jail ahead of floor test in which at least 18 MLAs are likely to vote against the confidence motion.