Puducherry Congress Congress government reduced to minority in Puducherry
Puducherry/UNI: With the resignation of Congress member John Kumar elected from Kamaraj Nagar constituency on Tuesday, the Congress government led by V Narayanasamy, the term of which expires on Jun 8, was reduced to a minority.
Narayanasamy has no no other option than to resign.
John Kumar is expected to join the BJP shortly.
Trouble started in the Congress government here an year ago when a Congress member from Bahour was disqualified as he raised a revolt against the government.
Later, with differences of opinion and ploy from the BJP, PWD minister A Namasivayam along with another Congress member from Ossudu Thepainthan resigned and joined the BJP.
Former Health Minister Malaldi Krishna Rao resigned his MLA post yesterday, reducing the strength of the 33 member (including three nominated) territorial assembly to 29.
Even then,the ruling Congress had a strength of 15 against the 14 of the opposition.Now with the resignation of John Kumar the strength of both the ruling side and opposition are the same 14 members.
The move of chief minister V Narayanasmay is not immediately known.However, he got no other option than to resign.
Following is the present party position in the territorial assembly.
Total strength 33 (including three BJP nominated members). The strength was reduced to 28 with the resignation of four and disqualification of one member.
Congress 10, DMK 3, Independent 1 (14). Opposition – N R Congress -7, AIADMK-4 , BJP (nominated) -3.
It may be noted that the nominated members got voting right as per a supreme court order.
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