Puducherry: Congress govt loses majority as yet one more MLA resigns

The Congress authorities within the Union territory of Puducherry misplaced its majority as MLA A John Kumar tendered his resignation on Tuesday. Kumar tendered his resignation to Puducherry Speaker VP Sivakolunthu.
With the newest growth, each the ruling Congress-DMK alliance and AIADMK-BJP alliance have 14 MLAs every within the meeting. The 33-member legislative meeting, which incorporates three nominated MLAs, has 28 energetic MLAs now. The Congress at present has 10 MLAs moreover three DMK MLAs and an impartial MLA supporting the ruling coalition. Fourteen MLAs supporting the opposition embrace three nominated MLAs of BJP, seven MLAs of NR Congress, and 4 of AIADMK.
The opposition, in the meantime, has demanded a flooring check charging that the Narayansamy authorities is already in minority.

Speculations have been rife about Kumar quitting the ruling coalition following his conferences with BJP leaders in Delhi just lately.
Kumar was thought-about near Chief Minister V Narayanasamy. Kumar had received the 2016 meeting polls from Nellithope constituency and later vacated the seat for Narayanasamy. Kumar, later, received the Kamaraj Nagar byelection in 2019 once more.

John Kumar’s resignation has come a day after the previous well being minister Malladi Krishna Rao, who give up the cabinet earlier, had posted his resignation letter on Twitter.
The exits come simply earlier than Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s go to to Puducherry tomorrow to prep election technique, his first because the celebration took energy within the Union Territory.
Elections are due in May in Puducherry.
(With inputs from Janardhan Koushik)