Even then, historians say, the government or the opposition did not move a no-confidence motion against the speaker.
“Mathiazhagan was removed following problems with Karunanidhi. Soon after Mathiazhagan adjourned the assembly, he was removed by party MLAs and a interim speaker was appointed. A new speaker was elected in the next session,” Dravidian historian S Thirunavukkarasu told TOI. There has been no other occasion when a no-confidence motion was moved against the speaker, he said.