India
oi-Deepika S
New Delhi, Feb 17: Amid political turmoil in Puducherry, a defiant Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Tuesday said his government continued to enjoy ‘majority’ in the assembly, which is set to go for polls in the next few months.
”All our legislators are united. The demand of theopposition for government’s resignation is not genuine… We will function in consonance with the provisions of theConstitution,” he told mediapersons.
The resignation by John Kumar, who became the fourthlegislator to quit the assembly since last month, reduced thenumbers of the Congress-DMK alliance to 14 in the assemblywith an effective strength of 28, prompting calls by theopposition for resignation of Chief Minister V Narayanasamy.
The strength of the Congress in the assembly hasdecreased to ten including the Speaker. Its ally…