Two MLAs from ruling alliance resign forward of belief vote in Puducherry

A day forward of the belief vote of the Congress-led authorities in Puducherry, two extra MLAs from the Congress-DMK resigned from the meeting, bringing the federal government on brink of a collapse simply months earlier than its time period ends.
According to the reviews, Raj Bhavan Constituency Congress MLA Lakshmi Narayanan submitted his resignation to Assembly Speaker VP Sivakolundhu on Sunday. Along with it, DMK MLA Venkatesan additionally resigned from the home, delivering yet one more jolt to Chief Minister, who’s scheduled to face a flooring take a look at on February 22 to show majority.
Interestingly, Narayanan is the sixth MLA to give up the Congress occasion within the final one week. His resignation additionally comes simply days after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s go to to the union territory. Last week, 5 MLAs had tendered their resignation from the occasion. While MLA Malladi Krishna Rao had resigned on fifteenth, the opposite 4 had resigned on sixteenth.
Amidst the continuing political disaster and forward of election polls in Puducherry, senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had visited the Union Territory on February 17 to kick begin the occasion’s election marketing campaign for the upcoming meeting elections within the union territory.
With extra MLAs leaping the ship, the Puducherry authorities is headed in direction of a significant disaster. While Congress had 16 MLAs within the 33-member Puducherry meeting, the current resignations have pushed it to 10 together with the speaker, whereas its ally DMK is left with 2 MLAs. The opposition now has 14 MLAs, together with three nominated members from the BJP. However, with the resignations, the power of the home has come right down to 26, and the ruling alliance has misplaced the bulk with 12 MLAs.
On Thursday, the newly appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan had directed the Assembly Secretariat to convene the House on February 22 for the belief vote. Following the choice to carry the belief vote, CM Narayanasamy had claimed that the opposition occasion didn’t enough numbers to maneuver the belief vote.
Puducherry Chief Minister Narayanasamy has additionally claimed that the three nominated MLAs can’t vote throughout a flooring take a look at.