Read more about Puducherry CM, cabinet members resign after losing confidence vote on Business Standard. The government lost the confidence vote brought due to depleted strength of 11 against opposition s 14 in the House
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PUDUCHERRY: With just over three-and-a-half months remaining for completion of its tenure, the Puducherry Congress-DMK government led by V Narayanasamy has fallen after Chief Minister V Narayanasamy tendered his resignation to the Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday.
This came after he lost the confidence vote on the floor of the Legislative Assembly on Monday. It is the seventh government in the Union territory to have fallen after losing its majority.
Before the voting on the confidence motion moved him was taken, the Chief Minister sought clarification from Speaker V P Sivakozhunthu on whether the nominated MLAs could vote on the confidence motion since they cannot exercise their vote in the Presidential election. But without waiting for a reply, he walked out even as opposition members cited the Supreme Court order in this regard. Following the walkout, the Speaker declared that the confidence vote was defeated.
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.
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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.