Lost in Translation: Fisherwoman complains to Rahul Gandhi, Puducherry CM tells him she s praising govt
Accompanied by CM Narayanasamy, Rahul Gandhi interacted with members of the fishermen community in Puducherry on Wednesday.
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UPDATED: February 17, 2021 22:32 IST
Puducherry CM Narayanasamy with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during an interaction with members of the fishermen community on Wednesday (Picture Courtesy: Twitter @VNarayanasami)
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I am totally against patriarchy, Rahul Gandhi told students in Puducherry on Wednesday
CM Narayanasamy s Congress-DMK government has fallen short of a majority in the Puducherry Assembly
Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy has landed in a controversy with BJP leaders accusing him of mistranslating a fisherwoman s complaint in front of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is currently on a two-day visit to poll-bound Puducherry amid political turmoil in the UT.
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During his visit, Gandhi will address fishermen in neighbouring Solai Nagar in Muthialpet Assembly constituency and later interact with students of the Bharathidasan Government College for women.
Ahead of assembly elections, Congress government in Puducherry slips into minority
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Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 17:21 [IST]
Puducherry, Feb 16: It looks like trouble has nowhere to go apart from Congress as a party MLA tendered his resignation ahead of the Assembly elections in the Union territory.
On Tuesday, Congress MLA A John Kumar resigned from the party, citing dissatisfaction with the Congress government in the Union territory. Kumar, who was the MLA of Kamaraj Nagar constituency, is the fourth Congress lawmaker to quit the party ahead of Gandhi s scheduled visit to Puducherry where the Assembly election is due in the next few months.
(MENAFN - NewsBytes) The Indian National Congress-led government in the union territory of Puducherry is now in minority with the resignation of lawmaker A John Kumar on Tuesday.
Kumar, who represented the Kamaraj Nagar constituency, is the fourth lawmaker of the Congress party to have quit over the past month.
The resignation comes a day ahead of party leader Rahul Gandhi s visit to the UT. In this article Kumar resigned citing dissatisfaction with Congress government 2 Congress lawmakers joined BJP last month Party s strength in Assembly slips to 10 Gandhi to visit Puducherry tomorrow ahead of polls this summer Congress to contest upcoming polls as part of ruling-SDA