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Two Congress MLAs had previously resigned on January 25 and joined the BJP. As of Monday, five Congress lawmakers have resigned, and a sixth was earlier disqualified for anti-party work. Puducherry assembly has 30 members and three nominated members. Ahead of the trust vote, Narayanasamy claimed majority based on his request to the speaker to not allow the three nominated members to vote. Since past apex court orders have allowed nominated MLAs to vote, the Puducherry speaker allowed them to vote. The Congress-led coalition was on Sunday left with 12 MLAs while the opposition has 14 MLAs. The...

Ahead of the floor test, the strength of the Congress-DMK combine in Puducherry Assembly stands at 11 in the 33-member House.

Puducherry CM Narayanaswamy submits resignation after losing majority in Assembly Puducherry CM Narayanaswamy submits resignation after losing majority in Assembly The V Narayanaswamy-led Congress government lost the floor test held in Puducherry Assembly today. Assembly Speaker VP Sivakolundhu announced that the Chief Minister has failed to prove his majority and adjourned the house sine die. Meanwhile, the Treasury Benches raised the issue of voting rights to nominated MLAs. Shortly before the result of the floor test, Narayanasamy alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was forcibly...

URL copied Puducherry: Congress-led government loses confidence vote The Congress-led government in Puducherry lost the confidence vote in the Legislative Assembly on Monday. Assembly Speaker VP Sivakolundhu said announced that the Narayanasamy government could not prove its majority and adjourned the House sine die. Though Narayanasamy moved the motion seeking the confidence vote minutes after the Assembly met for a special one-day session, he and his ruling side MLAs later walked out before the motion was put for voting. Subsequently, the Speaker declared that the motion sto...

New Delhi, February 21 Ahead of the floor test on Monday, the Congress-led coalition in Puducherry plunged into further crisis with two more MLAs, one each from the Congress and the DMK, resigning.