Former Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, whose government lost majority at the fag end of its tenure, will not contest the April 6 assembly election.
"Our PCC President A V Subramanian is contesting the election. Mr Narayanasamy will look after the campaign and other issues," Dinesh Gundu Rao, AICC incharge for Puducherry, told DH.
The move is aimed at countering the anti-incumbency factor attached with the fallen government. The Congress-DMK alliance is pitted against a resurgent NR Congress which has tied up with BJP and AIADMK.
Puducherry will go to assembly polls on April 6. The assembly has a strength of 30 members.
(Published 17 March 2021, 05:53 IST)
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