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New Delhi, February 21
Ahead of the floor test on Monday, the Congress-led coalition in Puducherry plunged into further crisis with two more MLAs, one each from the Congress and the DMK, resigning.
The Congress government had on February 14 lost majority in the House after legislator A John Kumar quit, reducing the Congress numbers to 10. The DMK with three MLAs and an Independent were part of the Congress-led government.
Two Congress MLAs had resigned on January 25 and joined the BJP.
As of today, five Congress lawmakers have resigned and a sixth was earlier disqualified for anti-party work. The Puducherry Assembly has 33 seats, of which three are nominated.
With today's developments, the Congress-led coalition is left with 12 MLAs while the Opposition has 14 MLAs.
The Congress had won 15 seats in 2016 and came to power with the support of three DMK members and one Independent. The AIADMK has 4 MLAs, All India NR Congress seven and the BJP has three nominated MLAs.
After the Congress lost majority, the newly appointed L-G of Puducherry Tamilsai Soundararajan had asked it to take a floor test tomorrow.
Ahead of the floor test, the Opposition has a clear edge even as elections to Puducherry are due soon. — TNS
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