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AINRC to contest lone Pondy LS seat in BJP alliance, says party chief
AINRC founder and former Puducherry chief minister N Rangasamy on Thursday announced that the party would contest the lone seat in the union territory in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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However, the alliance with the BJP which the party had forged during the Parliamentary polls in 2014 would continue, he told reporters here.
“The alliance AINRC had worked out with the BJP during the last Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and won continues without change,” he said.
Speaking on the sidelines of AINRC’s ninth founding day celebrations, Rangasamy who is leader of the opposition in the territorial Assembly said, the party’s nominee for the polls would be announced “at the appropriate time.”
On the tussle between Lt Governor Kiran Bedi and Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, he said the latter had “wasted precious time by finding fault with Bedi on administrative issues knowing well that in a union territory the Lt Governor has more powers than an elected government under the Constitution.”
Narayanasamy’s frequent squabbling with the Lt Governor was only affecting implementation of welfare schemes, he alleged.
Appreciating the good performance of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre, he said, “the proposals contained in the Union Budget will go a long way in ameliorating the lot of farmers, tax-payers and others and the budget is a well-planned statement for the progress of the nation.”
Rangasamy thanks CM for calling him PM’s brother
The main opposition All India NR Congress celebrated its ninth formation day here on Thursday. Party founder president and leader of the opposition N Rangasamy along with the functionaries distributed sweets on the occasion.
Talking to reporters Rangaswamy said nine years ago after the party was formed, it captured power in Puducherry within two months. Similarly, the NR Congress will be victorious in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, he predicted. Rangasamy thanked Chief Minister V Narayanasamy for calling him as the ‘brother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.’
“Thanks for stating me as the brother of an efficient Prime Minister,” he said. He also said that the desire of the people would be known in the Lok Sabha elections and the functioning of opposition parties would also come to light then.
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