chennai opposition parties in tamil nadu on monday criticised speaker p dhanapals action of disqualifying 18 rebel aiadmk legislatorsthe decision of the speaker to disqualify 18 mlas is nothing but a murder of democracy the government is trying to prove its majority in a short cut with the help of the governor and the speaker governor c vidyasagar rao has waited to take action even though 19 mlas had expressed in writing that they had lost confidence in the chief minister said dmk working president m k stalin in a statementstalin blamed the centre for allowing a minority government to continue and handle fundsthe dmk has called for a meeting of its legislature party on tuesday evening to discuss the disqualification of the mlas who support sidelined aiadmk deputy general secretary ttv dhinakaranearlier the dmk leader consulted the legal wing of the party on the speakers actionthe dmk working president held consultations with the legal wing members of the party at anna arivalayam rajya sabha mp r s bharathi r shanmugasundaram r girirajan and all members of the legal wing were present in the meeting soon after the meeting the party called for a meeting of its legislature party at 5pm on tuesday said a leader who was present at the party headquarterspmk chief s ramadoss too called the speakers action a murder of democracyeven though governor c vidyasagar rao and speaker p dhanapal have become pillars of strength for the government the edappadi k palaniswami government will fall as the disqualification can be challenged in court said ramadosstamil nadu congress committee tncc chief s thirunavukkarasar said the speakers decision was unconstitutional the speakers action is illegal and unconstitutional he has disqualified the mlas only to help the state government from falling short of majority mlas have every right to seek a legal remedy said thirunavukkarasarcpm state secretary g ramakrishnan criticised the governor for not ordering the government to undertake a confidence vote in the assembly