CHENNAI: The opening day of the Assembly's Monsoon Session on Monday turned politically charged as the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) witnessed open infighting, with members of the Anbumani Ramadoss faction staging a dharna outside the House demanding Speaker M Appavu act on their plea to replace Legislature Party Leader G K Mani.

The dharna was conducted by Anbumani loyalist MLAs S P Venkateshwaran, C Sivakumar and S Sadhasivam in protest against Speaker M Appavu's inaction on a representation seeking the removal of Mani and the appointment of MLA S P Venkateshwaran as the new Legislature Party Leader. PMK currently has five members in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, three of them supporting Anbumani.

Speaking to reporters, Anbumani supporter Advocate K Balu said, "The representation

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