Tamil Nadu guv should order Assembly floor test within a week: A-G

Sasikala and Panneerselvam have been engaged in a tussle for leadership since Jayalalithaa's death

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Monday gave his opinion to the Tamil Nadu Governor that a special Assembly session should be convened within a week for a floor test to determine who among the two AIADMK leaders — O Panneerselvam or V K Sasikala — has a majority.

Sources said the opinion was sought by Governor Vidyasagar Rao from the attorney general, who has cited the 1998 Supreme Court verdict in the Jagdambika Pal case. The apex court had ordered a floor test in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly to determine who among the two, Pal or Kalyan Singh, had