In a massive setback for the Congress ahead of assembly elections in five states, the Chief Minister V Narayanasamy government lost the floor test in the legislative assembly, following a mass resignation of MLAs.The Congress-DMK ruling alliance had the supported 12 MLAs, including one Independent candidate, while the opposition, All Indian NR Congress and AIADMK, has 14 legislators in the 33-member House.

Following the trust vote, Narayanasamy submitted his resignation to Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and walked out of the Assembly.

"A government elected by the people has been toppled by the BJP, NR Congress and the AIADMK, In the coming elections, the people of Puducherry will teach the opposition parties a lesson," said Narayanaswamy after submitting his resignation to the LG.

Ahead of the trust vote, Narayanasamy also blamed former Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi and accused her of colluding with the Centre and opposition while trying to topple his government.He also said that the Centre has betrayed the people of Puducherry by not granting funds we requested and claimed that is "forcibly" trying to implement Hindi in the UT and neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

In a massive setback for the Congress ahead of assembly elections in five states, the Chief Minister V Narayanasamy government lost the floor test in the legislative assembly, following a mass resignation of MLAs.The Congress-DMK ruling alliance had the supported 12 MLAs, including one Independent candidate, while the opposition, All Indian NR Congress and AIADMK, has 14 legislators in the 33-member House.

Following the trust vote, Narayanasamy submitted his resignation to Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and walked out of the Assembly.

"A government elected by the people has been toppled by the BJP, NR Congress and the AIADMK, In the coming elections, the people of Puducherry will teach the opposition parties a lesson," said Narayanaswamy after submitting his resignation to the LG.

Ahead of the trust vote, Narayanasamy also blamed former Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi and accused her of colluding with the Centre and opposition while trying to topple his government.He also said that the Centre has betrayed the people of Puducherry by not granting funds we requested and claimed that is "forcibly" trying to implement Hindi in the UT and neighbouring Tamil Nadu.