The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to impose President's Rule in Puducherry, days after a Congress-led government in the union territory lost power during a vote of confidence.
The Congress has shrunk to just three states -- Punjab, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. In Jharkhand and Maharashtra it is in coalition.
The Congress-led government in Puducherry lost the confidence vote on Monday. The Union Territory will go to polls in April-May later this year.
Puducherry will go to polls in April-May later this year along with Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam.
A day before the floor test in Puducherry Assembly, the ruling Congress-led alliance suffered a major setback as two more of its MLAs resigned on Sunday. In a dramatic development, Congress' K. Lakshminarayanan and DMK's K. Venkatesan announced their resignations.
This would be PM Narendra Modi's second visit to Puducherry since February 2018 when he participated in the golden jubilee celebrations of Auroville International township.
BJP in-charge of the Union Territory, Nirmal Kumar Surana said the other two Congress MLAs -- Malladi Krishna Rao and A John Kumar -- would join the J P Nadda-led party.
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday ordered assembly floor test on February 22 (Monday) amid crisis in the Congress-led government in the Union Territory. The LG has ordered to conduct the floor test in the legislative assembly by 5 pm.
Tamilisai Soundararajan was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, besides her existing charge as Telangana Governor.
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BJP National General Secretary (Independent Charge) of Goa, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, CT Ravi on Wednesday said that Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy 'lied' to Rahul Gandhi during his interaction with the people when a woman questioned the Congress-led government in the union territory.
The crisis-ridden Union Territory Puducherry's Opposition parties on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the Lieutenant Governor's office seeking direction to Chief Minister V Narayanasamy to prove his majority on the floor of the house.
President of India removed Kiran Bedi as the Puducherry Lieutenant Governor, reacting to it, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said the move came as a victory for the people of the Union Territory. He added that Bedi was being removed because of his and his party's pressure on Government of India and so they took the decision. "She hampered the growth in here by her attitude of blocking welfare schemes," he added.
Dr. Kiran Bedi has been removed as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry while Governor of Telangana, Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, has been given the additional charge as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
Puducherry Legislative assembly has 30 elected seats and three nominated seats.
Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanaswamy's agitation demanding Centre for the removal of Kiran Bedi as Lieutenant Governor of the union territory entered 3rd day on January 10.
Schools for higher classes opened in several states on January 04 after a break of more than nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even after Supreme Court has directed that Panchayati and municipal elections should be conducted in Puducherry, the elections are not being conducted there. Those who keep on teaching me lessons on democracy are the ones who are running their govt there: PM Modi
Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy offered prayers at the Lord Varadaraja Perumal temple here in the early hours of Friday on the occasion of the Vaikunda Ekadasi festival.
While speaking to ANI on December 18, Puducherry Chief Minister, V Narayanasamy spoke on farm laws.
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