India, Nov. 10 -- Chief Minister Joseph Vijay has summoned every TVK MLA to Chennai for a consultative meeting on Wednesday, to discuss an alleged assault by the Deputy Speaker and the situation in Kallakurichi district, amid signs that the party leadership will read the MLAs a lesson in discipline.

The meeting is expected at the party headquarters in Panaiyur, led by Vijay and Minister N Anand.

The summons followed reports that a man allegedly assaulted by Deputy Speaker Ravi Shankar was admitted to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchirappalli, and has alleged he was threatened and forced to record a video withdrawing his complaint.

Karthik Kumar, a resident of Kannabiran Colony in Thuraiyur, said he had repeated...