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Discontent grows in Puducherry BJP unit after Lok Sabha loss

A rebellion is brewing in the Puducherry unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party as MLAs raised their angst against party member and home minister A Namassivayam and the N Rangasamy-led All India N R Congress government. The MLAs believe that chief minister N Rangasamy and home minister A Namassivayam planned badly for Lok Sabha polls. The MLAs believe that Namassivayam …

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BJP holds Lok Sabha election review meeting in Puducherry

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday evening held a closed door meeting of its office bearers at a private hotel here to review its performance in elections held for the Puducherry Parliamentary constituency during first phase of Lok Sabha election on April 19. The review meeting, according to an office-bearer, was delayed as the BJP in-charge for the U.T., Nirmal …

Former Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy has questioned the credibility of the BJP candidate for Lok Sabha poll, A. Namassivayam, by bringing up his changing stance on different controversial subjects. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the Congress leader said Mr. Namassivayam is also a Minister in the NDA government in Puducherry holding subjects such as home, education, electricity and …

Lok Sabha polls | BJP candidate’s poll promise of Statehood for Puducherry is mere rhetoric: former MP

M. Ramadass, former MP and president of Puducherry Maanila Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, has said that the Statehood promise of incumbent Home Minister and BJP candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, A. Namassivayam, was “old wine in an old bottle,” and was aimed at hoodwinking electors. In a statement, Mr. Ramadass said the BJP candidate seemed to lack an understanding of …

The victory of BJP candidate A. Namassivayam in Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency was essential for the overall development of the Union Territory, Chief Minister and founder leader of All India N. R. Congress N. Rangasamy said here on Monday. Campaigning for the BJP candidate in the Uppalam constituency, the Chief Minister said the National Democratic Alliance government under Prime Minister …