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Puducherry floor test live updates: CM Narayanasamy resigns after failing to prove majority
Puducherry floor test live updates: CM Narayanasamy resigns after failing to prove majority
Puducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy resigned after his Congress-led government collapsed just before facing the floor test in the assembly. Narayanasamy later submitted his resignation to in-charge lieutenant governor Tamilisai Soundarrajan. Stay with TOI for all the updates.
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 22, 2021, 18:22:30 IST
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Puducherry political crisis: We will not try to form govt at this stage, BJP leader says
After chief minister V Narayanasamy submitted his and his cabinet colleagues’ resignation letters in the wake of the ruling Congress losing its majority in the assembly, the BJP Puducherry unit said on Monday that the party would not stake a claim to form a government in the Union territory at this stage.
Puducherry Political Crisis: Narayanasamy govt to face crucial floor test today
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Published: Sunday, February 21, 2021, 23:44 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 21: The ruling Congress government led-by V Narayanasamy is set to face a crucial floor test to prove its majority in the Puducherry Assembly on Monday.
Puducherry Congress-led govt falls | CM loses trust vote | Oneindia News
Puducherry
Beleaguered Narayanasamy, who held a meeting with theremaining MLAs of the Congress and DMK, said the government sstrategy would be made known before Monday s floor test, ordered by Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, to prove hismajority.
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 14in the 33-member assembly, a day before the trust vote.
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.