Puducherry: BJP to Tread Carefully
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to form the government in Puducherry by grabbing 18 of the total of 30 seats in the upcoming Assembly Elections, the Times Now-C-Voter opinion poll has projected.
The NDA alliance is expected to win 16 to 20 seats. In the 2016 assembly elections, they had won 12 seats.
Meanwhile, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is projected to win around 12 seats. Other candidates are expected to win 1 seat in Puducherry.
N Rangaswamy, the former Puducherry chief minister and president of All Indian N Rangaswamy Congress (AINR), has emerged as the most favoured chief ministerial candidate, followed by former Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy. Around 33 percent of respondents said they were “not at all satisfied” with the state government’s performance.
In 2016, the Congress-DMK alliance had won 17 Assembly seats and Narayanasamy was appointed the chief minister. However, in February 2021…