Chennai, Aug 24 (IANS) The Chief Whip of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK on Thursday urged Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal to disqualify the 19 MLAs who have rebelled against Chief Minister K. Palaniswami.

The 19 are part of the faction led by the now jailed AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala and her nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran.