Ruckus At Congress Place of business In Puducherry Over Seat-Sharing With DMK
Congress chief waved the DMK flag right through a Congress’s Election Committee meet in Puducherry
Chennai:
There used to be ruckus on the Puducherry Congress headquarters as a piece of the cadre protested in opposition to the party giving freely extra seats for his or her best friend in a Congress stronghold.
A bit of staff together with a different invitee, Venkatesan, created a stir exhibiting a DMK flag within the presence of former leader minister Narayanasamy and senior leaders together with Digvijaya Singh, who had come for interviewing applicants for the April 6 election. The leaders had a tricky time pacifying staff.
“We can make sure DMK applicants lose,” Mr Venkatesan stated. “The Congress will have to no longer have held talks on the DMK headquarters in Tamil Nadu. It will have to were held right here on the Congress headquarters in Puducherry,” he stated.
In 2016, the Congress contested in 21 seats and gained 15; the DMK contested in eight and gained simply 2. The CPI may no longer win the one seat it contested. Alternatively, this time, the Congress has settled for 15 seats and DMK has were given 5 extra. The Congress has additionally given Mr Narayanasamy’s constituency, Nellithope, to the DMK.
The Narayanasamy govt within the Union Territory fell ultimate month after six MLAs resigned and two of them together with Namassivayam, the previous Congress leader in Puducherry, joined the BJP. The party is but to announce its applicants.
In a swift flip of occasions, the BJP, which has no elected participants and most effective 3 nominated MLAs, cobbled an alliance through taking assist from All India NR Congress, led through former leader minister N Rangaswamy because the lead spouse along side AIADMK. No leader ministerial candidate has been introduced but.
In Tamil Nadu, the DMK has allocated Congress 25 meeting seats and a Lok Sabha seat for Kanniyakumari bypoll.
