Ex-Puducherry Congress chief resigns after being denied ticket for upcoming polls

Puducherry: Former president of the Puducherry unit of Congress A V Subramanian sent his resignation to the party on Friday.

In a letter to Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee president V Vaithilingam, he conveyed his decision to quit the party due to "personal reasons" and "unavoidable circumstances".

This comes after Subramanian was denied a ticket to contest the upcoming assembly poll. He was fielded by the party from the Karaikal North constituency in the 2021 polls but lost.

Subramanian who hails from Karaikal has been the speaker and deputy speaker of the Puducherry Assembly, besides being a former minister in the Congress government. He won the 2001 poll in the Karaikal North assembly seat.

The Congress has fielded A M Ranjith as its nominee in Karaikal North constituency in the forthcoming polls.

The assembly election for the Union territory will be held on April 9.