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Puducherry Floor Test Updates: Congress accuses BJP at Centre of toppling Narayanasamy govt
Puducherry Floor Test Updates: Dinesh Gundu Rao, AICC in-charge of the Union Territory said the people of Puducherry will give a befitting reply in the upcoming elections
Puducherry Floor Test LATEST News and Updates: AICC in-charge for Puducherry Dinesh Gundu Rao on Twitter lashed out at the BJP, accusing the party of "killing democracy" yet again. "Using ED, IT and other agencies, spending crores of rupees they have toppled an elected government. The Congress will go to the people, the people of Puducherry will give a befitting reply in the elections," he tweeted.After submitting his resignation, Narayansamy called Speaker VP Sivakozhundu's decision incorrect and alleged that the Opposition dislodged his government by using the voting power of three nominated MLAs.Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy submitted his resignation to Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan soon after his government lost the trust vote in the Assembly.Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy seeks a confidence vote, insisting that the Congress-led government still has majority.Two more MLAs of the Congress-DMK alliance in Puducherry resigned on Sunday, delivering yet another jolt to Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, a day before he is scheduled to face a floor test in the Assembly to prove his majority.The resignation by Congress MLA K Lakshminarayanan and DMK legislator Venkatesan further reduced the strength of the ruling alliance to 11, while the Opposition has 14 MLAs in the 33-member Assembly, which has seven vacancies.Lakshminarayanan and Venkatesan submitted their resignation letters separately to Assembly Speaker VP Sivakolundhu at his residence, they both said.Speaking to reporters, Lakshminarayanan said, "this government led by Narayanasamy has lost majority."He said he has also resigned from the party membership.Later, Venkatesan told the media that he had quit the post of MLA only and continued to be in the DMK."... I was not able to meet the needs of the people in my constituency since there was no allocation of funds under the MLA Local Area Development fund," he said.Four Congress MLAs, including ex-ministers A Namassivayam (now in BJP) and Malladi Krishna Rao had quit, while another party legislator was earlier disqualified.Narayanasamy's confidante A John Kumar had resigned this week.Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, handed over additional charge of Puducherry, had on Thursday directed Narayanasamy to prove majority by ordering a floor test on 22 February.The resignation of two MLAs' comes on a day when the ruling party members are slated to meet the chief minister to discuss the future course of action, though similar discussions on 18 February yielded no results.
First Published:Feb 22, 2021, 14:32:34 IST
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