Chennai, June 22 -- The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLAs on Monday staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly after claiming that they were not permitted to raise issues during the Zero Hour, which led to a brief disruption in the House proceedings.

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said the opposition was denied an opportunity to speak despite repeated requests to highlight public issues.

He stated, "In the zero hour today, the Speaker have not allowed us to speak. So we have walked out. We are not given a chance to speak inside the assembly. We asked the speaker to give us a chance to speak on the issues of the public. We are denied the chance to speak."

Further, DMK and Communist Pa...