Puducherry crisis deepens after two MLAs quit Updated: Updated: Govt. has 12 MLAs in the Assembly with an effective strength of 26. Share Article Govt. has 12 MLAs in the Assembly with an effective strength of 26. A legislator each from the Congress and the DMK resigned from their posts on Sunday, leaving the Narayanasamy-led Puducherry government grasping at straws ahead of Monday’s trust vote in the Assembly. Shortly after K. Lakshminarayanan, Congress legislator representing Raj Bhavan and Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister, submitted his resignation to Speaker V.P. Sivakolundhu at his residence, K. Venkatesan, representing Thattanchavady, became the first legislator from the ruling party’s ally, the DMK, to quit his post.