Oppn demands Narayanasamy to prove majority in Pondy assembly, petitions Lt Guv's office

Puducherry:N Rangasamy, leader of the opposition in Puducherry, along with AIADMK floor leader A Anbazhagan and BJP floor leader V Saminathan handed over a petition signed by 14 MLAs to the lieutenant governor's office on Wednesday demanding a floor test in the assembly.

This move is expected to hurt the Congress-led government in the Union Territory as the Puducherry assembly currently has 28 MLAs, after the resignation of four Congress leaders, who can vote in a no-confidence motion. The collapse comes ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s campaigning in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu in the run-up to the upcoming polls.

“The Congress government led by V Narayanasamy has been reduced to a minority as one of the Congress members was a Speaker, while the opposition has all 14 members,” said Anbazhagan. “Hence the government has no moral right to continue in office and the chief minister should be directed to prove his government’s majority.”