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

Puducherry Assembly floor test: Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy tendered his resignation to Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.

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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“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.

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.