Congress government collapses in Puducherry

CM accused former Lieutenant Governor of colluding with the opposition to topple his government.

Congress Puducherry Government

Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayansamy will resign after the government failed to prove its majority. The number of Congress MLAs dropped to 14 after 2 MLAs' exit on Sunday.

The majority mark remains intact with 14 while the congress could not save its majority, the CM had claimed he had majority.

CM accused former Lieutenant Governor of colluding with the opposition to topple his government. He accused Bedi also denied benefits to state by central government.

Congress's K Lakshminarayanan and its partner DMK's K Venkatesan resigned on Sunday. Lakshminarayanan said he was upset for not getting recognition in the party. He was a four time Congress MLA.

As per sources mentioned by ndtv.com, the Congress had earlier thought of insisting the speaker to not allow the three nominated MLAs- all BJP members to vote.

Tamilisai Soundararajan, LG called CM on Thursday to take floor test. The crisis deepened in Congress after two MLAs exit in January and other two on Sunday.

The Chief Minister also accused BJP of trying to topple his government under its alleged "Operation Kamala."

Ahead of the elections, the collapse of the government led by Congress could prove to be beneficial for BJP.


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