TN Assembly Speaker resigns

In a surprise development, Tamil

Nadu Assembly Speaker D Jayakumar resigned from his post

today.Jayakumar, elected from Royapuram in Chennai, resigned

from office with immediate effect, an official communique

said, without assigning any reasons.The functions of the Speaker would be performed by Deputy

Speaker P Dhanapal.Jayakumar, an advocate, became Speaker after the AIADMK

led by Jayalalithaa stormed back to power in May last year.