“The President is happy to appoint N Rangasamy as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry, effective from the date he is sworn in,” stated the notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Following this notification, Lieutenant Governor K Kailashnathan has requested Rangasamy to form the government, according to official sources.
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Sources confirmed that Rangasamy would take the oath of office as chief minister on May 13.
Rangasamy is set to begin his fifth term after the AINRC-led NDA achieved a significant victory in the union territory elections held on April 9, with results declared on May 4.
The All India NR Congress (AINRC) won 12 out of the 16 seats it contested, while the BJP secured four of the ten seats it fought for. The other NDA partners, AIADMK and Latchia Jananayaga Katchi (LJK), won one seat each, bringing the coalition’s total to 18 in the 30-member assembly. Additionally, there will be three nominated members.
The opposition DMK won five seats, and the Congress claimed one. The newly formed TVK succeeded in winning two seats.
(Edited by : Juviraj Anchil)
