Chennai, Aug. 4 -- Four former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLAs who resigned from their Assembly seats are scheduled to appear before Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker JCD Prabakaran on Tuesday for an inquiry under the Anti-Defection Law.

The four former legislators- Esakki Subbaiah, Maragatham Kumaravel, Jayakumar, and Sathyabama- will present themselves before Speaker Prabakaran for further proceedings regarding the disqualification petition filed against them.

The petition, moved by the AIADMK under the leadership of Edappadi K Palaniswami, seeks the disqualification of the four former MLAs under the Anti-Defection Law. The AIADMK alleged that after these four candidates won their seats on the party's official ticket,...