The veteran leader, now with DMK,M Appavuwho won the same seat for the fourth time, in the just concluded assembly election, was led to the speaker’s chair in theTamil Naduassembly. The ornate chair was presented by Lord Willingdon, the governor of Madras Presidency to the President of Madras Legislative Council as a personal gift in March 1922.
It has a strong resemblance to the chair in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom.
The 18th speaker in the assembly, Appavu was elected thrice from Radhapuram as a candidate of G K Moopanar’s TMC, an Independent and as a DMK candidate.