Ruling AINRC yet to announce poll strategy

Even as major parties have announced their strategy for the Puducherry Assembly polls on May 16, the ruling AINRC is yet to spell out its plans with the polling process to be set in process tomorrow.
Chief Minister N Rangasamy is yet to announce the strategy of his All India N R Congress.
BJP, which contested the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in alliance with AINRC, is likely to contest on its own.
Meanwhile, Congress and DMK have firmed up alliance with the former being allotted 21 seats and the latter got the remaining nine segments.
However, identification of the constituencies has not been completed despite several rounds of talks among the leaders of these two parties during the last few days.

DMK's arch rival AIADMK has announced candidates for all 30 seats in the Union Territory.

The five-party People's Welfare Alliance has also finalised the number of seats to be contested by them.
Meanwhile, some candidates seeking election or re-election have started offering worship in various temples, particularly Manakula Vinayakar shrine here, with the polling process to be set in motion tomorrow with publication of the statutory notification.
Filing of nomination papers would also commence on the day.
Top leaders of various parties from Tamil Nadu would address rallies in the next few days in Puducherry.
Puducherry has 23 assembly segments, Karaikal (five) and Mahe and Yanam one each.

Election authorities have been going ahead with full-fledged arrangements to record cent per cent polling in the Union Territory.
Several programmes under the Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) have been conducted in the Union Territory disseminating the message that the 'votes are not for sale' and to encourage ethical voting.