President accepts resignation of Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy, his council of ministers

President Ram Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation of Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and his council of ministers, a day after they give up within the wake of dropping the belief vote within the meeting.
A notification issued by the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday stated: “The President has been pleased to accept resignation of V.Narayanasamy Chief Minister of Puducherry along with his council of Ministers with effect from February 22.”
A replica of the notification was made accessible to the media right here by the Raj Nivas, the workplace of Puducherry Lt Governor.
Chief Secretary Ashwani Kumar stated the notification has been republished within the Gazette of Puducherry authorities.
Narayanasamy, who led the Congress authorities, resigned on Monday forward of the boldness vote after his ministry was lowered to a minority following a spate of resignations of his social gathering MLAs and a DMK legislator in latest days.
He referred to as on Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, who had earlier directed a flooring take a look at to show his majority, and submitted the resignation of his four-member cabinet.
Earlier, Narayanasamy had stated that BJP, which didn’t win a single seat of the 30 they contested within the 2016 Assembly polls, “always wanted to rule Puducherry by proxy”.
“I am a happy man… we completed five years. We took the oath of office in 2016. I ran the government for six months and then, I contested an election. After winning that, the BJP started targeting me… NR Congress and AIADMK tried to topple the government. I thwarted all their game plan with the support of my team,” Narayanasamy had informed the Indian Express.
On his trusted aides and senior ministers being poached by rival events, Narayanasamy stated they had been being lured by the BJP by false guarantees.
[With inputs from PTI]