After MGR's death, VR Neduncheziyan was sworn in as Acting Chief Minister. But, one week later, the party majority led by R.M.Veerappan supported MGR's widow Janaki to become Chief minister and she was sworn in as Chief minister. Janaki doubled as the finance minister in her Cabinet. The Governor gave V. N. Janaki Ramachandran 30 days time to prove majority support in the house. This was a problem because, 30 MLAs of her own party were supporting J. Jayalalithaa to become the new Chief minister. Hence Janaki had the support of only 105 MLAs in the house of 234, as VR Neduncheziyan's 10 supporters chose to remain neutral and boycott the voting.
Hence, on the day of voting, Speaker PH pandiyan disqualified and dismissed 20 MLAs of opposition party DMK and 15 MLAs of AIADMK (Jayalalithaa faction ) from their MLA posts, due to demeaning behaviour in the house and thus announced that the majority was reduced to a mere 100, as the house then had only 199 members.
Before commencement of oral voting, violence erupted in the house and the speaker was injured. With bleeding head, he announced that Janaki had proved her majority with 105 MLAs and adjourned the house immediately. Then the members of the assembly were escorted out.
The Governor of state refused to accept this voting which was done under suspicious environment and recommended the Central government to dismiss the legislature and hold fresh general elections. The central government accepted the recommendation and the legislature was dissolved by the President.
Council of Ministers
| S.no | Name | Designation | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Minister | ||||
| 1. | V. N. Janaki | Chief Minister | AIADMK | |
| Cabinet Ministers | ||||
| 2. | R. M. Veerappan | Minister for Local Administration | AIADMK | |
| 3. | P. U. Shanmugam | Minister for Health | ||
| 4. | C. Ponnaiyan | Minister for Education and Law | ||
| 5. | S. Muthusamy | Minister for Transport | ||
| 6. | V. V. Swaminathan | Minister for Tourism, Prohibition and Electricity | ||
| 7. | T. Ramasamy | Minister for Commercial Taxes | ||
| 8. | A. Arunachalam | Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare | ||
References
- TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (EIGHTH ASSEMBLY) REVIEW 1985-88 (PDF), Chennai: Secratriat of Legislative Assembly Secretariat, 1988
- OVERVIEW, EIGHTH ASSEMBLY. "EIGHTH ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW". assembly.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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