NR Congress Leader Rangasamy Stakes Claim To Form Government in Puducherry NR Congress Leader Rangasamy Stakes Claim To Form Government in Puducherry N Rangasamy called on Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan at the Raj Nivas and submitted a letter in this regard.
Earlier in the day, Rangasamy was elected as the AINRC legislature party leader. (FILE)
Puducherry:
AINRC leader N Rangasamy, heading the NDA Puducherry, on Monday staked his claim to form the government in Puducherry after the front won 16 seats in the 30 member territorial assembly in the April 6 assembly polls.
Mr Rangasamy called on Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan at the Raj Nivas and submitted a letter in this regard.
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The counting of votes for the high-stakes assembly polls in two southern states- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry, is underway. Last Updated: Sunday, May 2, 2021 - 11:29
New Delhi: The counting of votes for the high-stakes assembly polls in two southern states- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry, is underway.
As per the initial trends, M.K. Stalin s party DMK has taken an early lead in Tamil Nadu with 97 seats, while AIADMK is leading on 62 seats. In Kerala, as per the early trends, LDF is leading on 89 seats, while UDF is leading on 47 seats. Meanwhile, in Puducherry BJP is leading on 9 seats followed by Congress on 6 seats.
Elated by the trends in assembly election results which showed BJP set to lose in West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of agitating farmer unions, on Sunday said their campaign asking voters to punish the party stands vindicated.
The counting of votes for the high-stakes assembly polls in two southern states- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry, will begin on Sunday (May 2, 2021).
Assembly Elections 2021: TMC set to win in West Bengal, DMK+ in Tamil Nadu, BJP+ in Assam, LDF in Kerala - Counting of votes in four states and one Union Territory is underway at a time when the country is facing a serious crisis of coronavirus infection.