India
oi-Deepika S
New Delhi, February 17: Amid the political turmoil in Puducherry, a defiant chief minister, V Narayanasamy, said on Tuesday that his government continued to enjoy a “majority” in the assembly, which is set for elections in the coming months.
” All of our legislators are united. The opposition’s demand for the resignation of the government is not genuine … We will function in accordance with what is established in the Constitution, ” he told the media.
The resignation of John Kumar, who became the fourth lawmaker to resign from the assembly since last month, reduced the number of members of the Congress-DMK alliance in the assembly to an effective force of 28, prompting calls from the assembly. opposition to the resignation of Prime Minister V Narayanasamy.
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The strength of Congress in the assembly has been reduced to ten, including the Speaker. His ally DMK has three members and an independent also supports the government.
The simple majority in the assembly with reduced force is 15 and the opposition also has 14 MLA in the 33-member House.
The party’s position in the assembly as of Tuesday: Congress (ten), DMK three, All-India NR Congress seven, AIADMKfour, BJP three (all nominated and entitled to vote) and one independent. Four MLAs in Congress have resigned while one member has been disqualified.
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