Puducherry Assembly floor test: CM V.Narayanasamy loses trust vote in Assembly, tenders resignation 

New Delhi:  Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanaswamy on Monday has submitted his resignation to Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan after losing the majority in the Assembly.

The V Narayanaswamy-led Congress government lost the floor test held in Puducherry Assembly today. Assembly Speaker VP Sivakolundhu announced that the Chief Minister has failed to prove his majority and adjourned the house sine die.

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The Speaker’s ruling is incorrect. BJP govt at the Centre, NR Congress & AIADMK have succeeded in dislodging our govt by using voting power used by 3 nominated members. This is murder of democracy. The people of Puducherry and this country will teach them a lesson: V.Narayanasamy pic.twitter.com/mMkfBD0erQ

— ANI (@ANI) February 22, 2021

“Toppling an elected govt by poaching MLAs through money power, agencies etc is political prostitution,” CM Narayanasamy alleged. “We will face the elections. The truth will triumph. What happened to us today can happen tomorrow to you,” he said.

“People of Puducherry will teach the opposition a lesson in the upcoming elections. All the ministers and I have tendered our resignation,” Narayanasamy said.

Meanwhile, the Opposition is in discussion with the alliance partners to decide whether the Opposition wants to stake a claim to form a government in the UT. The Opposition has 14 MLAs in the 33-seater Assembly.

MLAs should stay loyal to the party. MLAs who have resigned will not be able to face the people as people will call them opportunists: Puducherry CM V.Narayanasamy in the assembly pic.twitter.com/VtsnBt199M

— ANI (@ANI) February 22, 2021

We formed the government with the support of DMK and independent MLAs. After that, we faced various elections. We have won all the by-elections. It is clear that people of Puducherry trust us: Puducherry CM V.Narayanasamy in assembly pic.twitter.com/mrnsN2xxFh

— ANI (@ANI) February 22, 2021

Former LG Kiran Bedi and Central Government colluded with the Opposition and tried to topple the government. As our MLAs stayed united we managed to pull off the last 5 yrs. The Centre has betrayed the people of Puducherry by not granting funds we requested: Puducherry CM pic.twitter.com/uRiwK5hkGD

— ANI (@ANI) February 22, 2021

Earlier, Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan had ordered a floor test in assembly on February 22. The UT is going to Assembly polls later this year. The dates are yet to be announced.

The floor test came amid a spate of resignations including Congress MLAs A John Kumar and Lakshmi Narayanan and DMK MLA K Venkatesan.