The veteran leader, now with DMK,M Appavuwho won the same seat for the fourth time, in the just concluded assembly
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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.