Tension in Pondy BJP office as MLA John Kumar’s supporters stage protest

Tension prevailed after the supporters of Karmaraj Nagar BJP legislator A John Kumar has resorted to a dharna in front of the party headquarters here demanding that he be given a ministerial berth in the Cabinet Expansion.

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Updated:20th Jun, 2021 at 2:16 AM

Puducherry

It is learnt that the BJP gave the names of A Namassivayam and John Kumar for two Minister posts and later informed Chief Minister N Rangaswamy not to proceed with the list.

Following this, three BJP MLAs including John Kumar and his son Richards are camping in New Delhi to press the party high command to give the Minister post to John Kumar.

Hearing the news, about a hundred of John Kumar’s supporters thronged the BJP headquarters and staged a dharna.

They tore the banners there and sat in a dharna raising slogans that John Kumar be given a ministerial berth. Later, John Kumar talked to their leader over phone from New Delhi, following which they called off the dharna and left.

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Tension in Pondy BJP office as MLA John Kumar’s supporters stage protest

Tension prevailed after the supporters of Karmaraj Nagar BJP legislator A John Kumar has resorted to a dharna in front of the party headquarters here demanding that he be given a ministerial berth in the Cabinet Expansion.

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