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During his visit, Gandhi will address fishermen in neighbouring Solai Nagar in Muthialpet Assembly constituency and later interact with students of the Bharathidasan Government College for women.
With the resignation of Kamaraj Nagar MLA A John Kumar, the strength of the ruling Congress comes down to 10 and both the treasury and the Opposition will now have 14 members each
His resignation comes close on the heels of senior party legislator Malladi Krishna Rao, who had earlier quit as Health minister, resigning from the post of MLA on Monday.
The removal of Kiran Bedi as Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry is "a victory for the people", Chief Minister V Narayanasamy told NDTV late Tuesday night, shortly after Rashtrapati Bhavan withdrew Ms Bedi from the post. The order, which comes as the ruling Congress navigates a crisis of numbers, has been widely seen as a political move by the BJP to negate their rivals' primary campaign platform and further weaken them ahead of elections in May. It also comes hours after a fourth Congress leader resigned from the Assembly, leaving Mr Narayanasamy's government on the brink of...
Ahead of assembly elections, Congress government in Puducherry slips into minority India Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 17:21 [IST] Puducherry, Feb 16: It looks like trouble has nowhere to go apart from Congress as a party MLA tendered his resignation ahead of the Assembly elections in the Union territory. On Tuesday, Congress MLA A John Kumar resigned from the party, citing "dissatisfaction with the Congress government" in the Union territory. Kumar, who was the MLA of Kamaraj Nagar constituency, is the fourth Congress lawmaker to quit the party ahead of Gandhi's scheduled visit to Pu...