Eligible overseas Indian voters will not get the facility of postal ballots in the five assembly elections to be held in March and April
The Congress which lost its government here at the fag end of its term will be keen to prove a point by winning the assembly elections scheduled for April 6
A total of 824 assembly seats with 186 million electors will vote in 270,000 polling booths, says CEC Sunil Arora
Puducherry Assembly election 2021: The assembly has 33 seats in total. Out of these 33, three are nominated and the rest are directly elected
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He also laid the foundation stone of Synthetic Athletic Track, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in the Union Territory
Modi's tour comes at a time Tamil Nadu gearing for elections
The PM''s trip comes amid a totally changed political environment in Puducherry as V Narayanasamy who headed the Congress ministry here since 2016 had resigned along with its entire cabinet on Feb 22
PM Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Thursday to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development initiatives, including key power projects in Tamil Nadu
With the exit of the Congress government here, Punjab, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are the only three states in the country ruled by the party on its own
After staging a walkout from the Assembly before the motion seeking confidence vote was put up for voting in the House
Though Narayanasamy moved the motion seeking the confidence vote minutes after the Assembly met for a special one-day session, he and his ruling side MLAs later walked out
"We formed the government with the support of DMK and independent MLAs. After that, we faced various elections. We have won all the by-elections. It is clear that people of Puducherry trust us"
Moving the motion, the chief minister told the Assembly that his government had the majority
Two more MLAs of the Congress- DMK alliance in Puducherry resigned on Sunday, delivering yet another jolt to Chief Minister V Narayanasamy as the ruling side's strength further depleted to 11
Kiran Bedi's removal as Puducherry LG has denied Narayanasamy a key issue to counter anti-incumbency
Narayanasamy on Friday accused the Centre of trying to topple his government with the help of opposition AINRC and AIADMK and asserted that the ruling Congress would overcome all such designs
The BJP will form the next government in Puducherry and Telangana while the NDA will come to power in Tamil Nadu with the mandate of the people
As Puducherry Assembly polls are slated to be held later this year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit the Union Territory on Wednesday.During the visit, the former Congress chief will interact with the people of Puducherry."Rahul Gandhi will visit and interact with the citizens of Puducherry on February 17," Congress tweeted from its official Twitter handle.Congress government headed by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy is seeking to return to power after the Assembly polls which are due later this year in the Union Territory.Meanwhile, Kiran Bedi has been removed as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement on Tuesday.Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has been directed to discharge functions of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, in addition to her own duties, until a new appointment is made.Bedi was at the loggerheads with Narayanasamy over several issues.
The former Congress president is likely to address public meetings while kick-starting the party's campaign for the Union Territory