India
oi-Deepika S
New Delhi, Feb 21: The ruling Congress government led-by V Narayanasamy is set to face a crucial floor test to prove its majority in the Puducherry Assembly on Monday.
Beleaguered Narayanasamy, who held a meeting with theremaining MLAs of the Congress and DMK, said the government’sstrategy would be made known before Monday’s floor test, ordered by Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, to prove hismajority.
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 against opposition’s 14in the 33-member assembly, a day before the trust vote.
The fresh bout of resignations took the tally in the last few days to three and the cumulative since last month to sixand further reduced the strength of the Congress-DMK combinein the assembly to 11.