Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly M K Stalin called on Indian President Pranab Mukrji and urged the annulment of the Vote of Confidence.

Tamil Nadu Opposition Leader M.K. Stalin has made a request to Speaker P. Dhanapal to provide him with the unedited footage of the February 18, 2017 proceedings in the Tamil Nadu Assembly to submit the same before the Madras High Court.

Tamil Nadu Opposition Leader M.K.Stalin has pleaded court to declare the Speakers ruling on Trust Vote null and void. He has also pleaded to Court to direct the Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly to conduct fresh secret ballot on the confidence motion moved by the Chief Minister, without evicting the MLAs of any legislative party, and under the observation of the Monitoring Committee comprising the Secretary of Tamil Nadu Governor, Chief Secretary, and an official in the rank of Chief Electoral Officer from the Election Commission of India.

The DMK has taken initiatives to move a vote of no confidence on Speaker Dhanapal allegedly for his inappropriate conduct of the House proceedings'' on Saturday when Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami sought the confidence of the House.