As Congress stands proper on the fringe of political oblivion in Puducherry, PM Modi is coming to present them a last push

As if the troubles for Congress in Puducherry will not be sufficient, PM Modi is ready to go to the Union Territory to handle a public assembly on the AFT Mill in Thidal. This would be the second go to of Prime Minister Modi to Puducherry since February 2018, when he participated within the golden jubilee celebrations of Auroville International township.“Prime Minister is visiting the state after a gap of three years and workers of the party are very happy with his visit. It will be a historic public meeting by Modiji,” mentioned the BJP President of Puducherry, V Saminathan. “PM Modi’s visit is a purely political one and there is no relation between his visit and the political condition of Puducherry,” he added. Congress is already operating a minority authorities within the state. In the 30 seats of the meeting that go for the polls, Congress gained 15 within the final election whereas DMK gained two. Both events then got here collectively to kind the federal government in Puducherry.However, in the previous couple of weeks, Congress has misplaced many MLAs because of defections and resignations. Two of them — A Namassivayam and E.Theeppainthan — resigned on January 25 to hitch BJP. On Monday, Malladi Krishna Rao stop and on Friday, A John Kumar resigned, turning the Narayanasamy authorities of Puducherry right into a minority authorities.As of now, out of the 30 legislative meeting seats that go for elections (complete 33 seats with 3 being nominated), the federal government, in addition to the opposition, have 14 MLAs every whereas two seats lie vacant. Therefore, earlier than Puducherry goes to the polls in April-May this yr, Congress may lose the federal government as a result of the opposition, with the identical variety of MLAs, would make a declare for the federal government.PM Modi’s go to to Puducherry, however, may show to be the final nail within the coffin in diminishing Congress’s presence within the UT. If even a single MLA decides to cross the banks, the Congress authorities would fall, and the opposition, which at present has 14 MLAs, would have the numbers to show the bulk within the ground take a look at of the home.The relation between DMK and Congress has turned bitter lately because of current conflicts in seat-sharing for Tamil Nadu in addition to the Puducherry meeting election for each events.The points between DMK-Congress began popping out within the open when the grand previous celebration carried out badly within the 2019 basic elections however gained virtually all of the seats in Tamil Nadu, because of its alliance with DMK. Many DMK leaders questioned the power of Congress to win votes and began seeing it as baggage.Previously Senior DMK chief S Jagathrakshakan mentioned that the celebration will contest on all 30 meeting seats of Puducherry meeting alone and added, “If we fail (to win polls), I will commit suicide on this stage.”If the DMK decides to tug out the assist, the Congress-DMK authorities of Puducherry would fall months earlier than the election (anticipated to be held by May this yr) and V Narayanasamy should resign from the CM chair.The leaders of the regional events don’t need to ally with Congress as a result of the central management of the celebration can not fetch votes like BJP, which single-handedly turned the outcomes of the Bihar Assembly Elections of 2020. While on one hand, PM Modi may flip even essentially the most unlikely elections on the opposite, Rahul Gandhi’s go to to any state additional places the place of the celebration in doubts.