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February 28, 2021 10:01 IST
The controversy over nominated legislators in Puducherry and the government’s defeat has a long backstory, starting with the Congress’s failure to make the first move
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After the fall: V. Narayanasamy leaving after submitting his resignation to the Lt. Governor on February 22. Right, at a protest meeting to condemn the toppling of his government. | Photo Credit: T. Singaravelou
The controversy over nominated legislators in Puducherry and the government’s defeat has a long backstory, starting with the Congress’s failure to make the first move
It was all over for the Congress-DMK government in Puducherry when the Assembly convened a special session for a confidence vote on Monday. But that was merely the last straw. The story of how Puducherry’s house of cards collapsed has an origin outside of, and a process longer than, the doomed confidence vote in the Assembly.
The notification came days after a Congress-led government in the union territory lost power during a vote of confidence.The notification also said the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory is placed under suspended animation
President Ram Nath Kovind
NEW DELHI: Puducherry has been placed under President s rule days after the Congress-led government collapsed after several resignations.
The ministry of home affairs on Thursday issued a notification of imposing President s rule in Puducherry after President Ram Nath Kovind was satisfied with the report of the Administrator of the Union territory.
Polls are due in the union territory soon and the BJP and its allies have not staked claim to form government. I, Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, have received a report from the Administrator of the Union territory of Puducherry dated 22nd February 2021 and after considering the report and other information received by me, I am satisfied that a situation has arisen in which the administration of the Union territory of Puducherry cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ), read the notificat
President s Rule was imposed in Puducherry following a recommendation by the Union Cabinet after a Congress-led government lost power in the Union Territory in a vote of confidence. The notification, signed by President Ram Nath Kovind, said the decision was taken after the president received a report from the administrator of the Union Territory of Puducherry on February 22. It said after considering the report and other information received by him, the president was satisfied that a situation had arisen in which the administration of the Union Territory of Puducherry could not carry on in accordance with the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963).