Pondicherry Congress MLA K Lakshminarayanan quits; govt s strength drops to 13
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One more ruling Congress MLA in Puducherry resigned from his post on Sunday, delivering yet another jolt to Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, who is scheduled to face a floor test on February 22 to prove majority.
K Lakshminarayanan, elected from the Raj Bhavan constituency, tendered his resignation to Assembly Speaker V P Sivakolundhu at the latter s residence.
Later, he told reporters that this government led by Narayanasamy has lost majority.
Lakshminarayanan said he has also resigned from the party membership.
Following his resignation, the second this week, the Congress strength further slipped to 13, while the opposition has 14 MLAs in the 33-member house which has five vacancies.
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Two more MLAs of the Congress- DMK alliance in Puducherry resigned on Sunday, delivering yet another jolt to Chief Minister V Narayanasamy as the ruling side s strength further depleted to 11 against opposition s 14 in the 33-member assembly, a day before the trust vote. Beleaguered Narayanasamy, who held a meeting with the remaining MLAs of the Congress and DMK, said the government s strategy would be made known before Monday s floor test, ordered by Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, to prove his majority. The fresh bout of resignations took the tally in the last few days to three and the cumulative since last month to six and further reduced the strength of the Congress-DMK combine in the assembly to 11.