Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy lost the trust vote in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly, leading to the collapse of the Congress-led government in the Union Territory.
The ruling Congress-DMK alliance failed to prove majority as it had only 11 MLAs in the 33-seat Assembly.
The Puducherry government slipped into a minority government with two MLAs, John Kumar and Malladi Krishna Rao, tendering their resignation last week. Malladi Krishna Rao was a Cabinet Minister in the current Narayanswamy government. Two of the MLAs – A Namassivayam and E.Theeppainjan – resigned on January 25. Another MLA resigned yesterday. With this, a total of 5 Congress MLAs have resigned, breaking the wafer-thin majority.
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