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Naranasamy s government slipped into the minority due to the resignation of six MLAs of the ruling alliance during the last month
Naranasamy said MLAs who resigned will not be able to face the people as people will call them opportunists
He claimed that people of the UT are with the Congress-led government
New Delhi: Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanaswamy on Monday (February 22) submitted his resignation to Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan as his Congress-led government lost the majority ahead of the floor test in the Assembly.
Speaker VP Sivakolundhu announced that the Chief Minister could not prove his majority in the Assembly and adjourned the house sine die. The Treasury benches also raised the issue of voting rights to nominated MLAs.
Though Narayanasamy moved the motion seeking the confidence vote minutes after the Assembly met for a special one-day session, he and his ruling side MLAs later walked out before the motion was put for voting.
Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy resigns after losing assembly floor test
Puducherry floor test: MLAs should stay loyal to the party. MLAs who have resigned will not be able to face the people as people will call them opportunists said CM Narayanasamy
BusinessToday.In | February 22, 2021 | Updated 12:36 IST
Puducherry political crisis: Congress govt loses majority
Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy lost the trust vote in the Assembly, failing to prove the Congress-led government s majority in the Union Territory. CM Narayanasamy meets Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and tendered his resignation after the loss. MLAs should stay loyal to the party. MLAs who have resigned will not be able to face the people as people will call them opportunists, said Puducherry CM as the government loses majority.
Gehlot said, “What has happened in Puducherry is most unfortunate and yet another case of how BJP is destabilising Congress governments to grab power through unethical means. First, they created problems in running the administration through the Lieutenant Governor and now this has happened.”