Puducherry Assembly polls | AINRC chief Rangasamy files nomination from Yanam too
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He is the 2nd non-Telugu speaking leader to contest the seat
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AINRC chief N. Rangasamy taking part in a rally in Yanam
before filing nomination on Wednesday. Photo: Special arrangement
He is the 2nd non-Telugu speaking leader to contest the seat
All India N.R. Congress founder and former Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Wednesday became the second non-Telugu speaking leader from Puducherry to contest in an Assembly election from the enclave of Yanam.
The Opposition leader, who took out a long roadshow with former Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao at Yanam before filing his nomination papers at the Region Administration Office, is only the second non-Telugu leader after former Chief Minister P. Shanmugham to contest from Yanam. The only difference was that Mr. Shanmugham picked Yanam for a byelection in 2000 to seek a mandate to formalise his candidature as Chief Minister when the Congress took over the reigns of governance after TMC withdrew support to the R.V. Janakiraman-led DMK government in the Union Territory.