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<p>The 18 MLAs backing TTV Dhinakaran have been disqualified by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The MLAs were disqualified under the 1986 Tamil Nadu Assembly Members party defection law.</p>

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<p>The decision was immediately challenged by the Dinakaran camp, which said it would take it to court.&nbsp;</p>

<p>But the disqualification of the 18 MLAs means it should be slightly easier for the E Palaniswami-led AIADMK government to pass the high court-ordered floor test on September 20.&nbsp;</p>


<p>The 18 MLAs backing TTV Dhinakaran have been disqualified by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal. </p>

<p>The MLAs were disqualified under the 1986 Tamil Nadu Assembly Members party defection law.</p>

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<p>The decision was immediately challenged by the Dinakaran camp, which said it would take it to court. </p>

<p>But the disqualification of the 18 MLAs means it should be slightly easier for the E Palaniswami-led AIADMK government to pass the high court-ordered floor test on September 20. </p>

The disqualification should make it slightly easier for CM E Palaniswami to pass the high court-ordered floor test on September 20

The MLAs had been disqualified under the 1986 Tamil Nadu Assembly Members party defection law by Speaker P Dhanapal.

18 MLAs backing Dinakaran disqualified by Tamil Nadu Speaker