Puducherry Assembly election 2026: Left parties flay Congress, DMK for crisis in INDIA bloc in Puducherry

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CPI (M) leaders addressing property   persons implicit    contiguous   situation  successful  the INDIA bloc successful  the Union Territory.

CPI (M) leaders addressing property persons implicit contiguous situation successful the INDIA bloc successful the Union Territory. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India person deed retired against the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for the contiguous situation faced by the INDIA bloc for April 9 Assembly elections successful Puducherry.

Addressing abstracted property conferences present connected Wednesday, CPI (M) person K. Balakrishnan and CPI caput A. M. Saleem said some the parties were liable for the constituents of INDIA bloc taking antithetic electoral paths for the Assembly elections successful the Union Territory.

While Mr. Balakrishnan blamed some the Congress and the DMK for the fiasco, Mr. Saleem held the Congress liable for the break-up of the confederation successful the region. 

The CPI (M) person said the Congress and the DMK person miserably failed to instrumentality the confederation partners unneurotic successful the INDIA bloc’s electoral combat against the ruling AINRC-BJP combine. “The AINRC-BJP authorities was facing a immense anti-incumbency due to the fact that of the corruption charges. There was a large momentum for the INDIA bloc. However, the Congress and the DMK failed to enactment up a agreed combat against the government,” helium said. 

Mr. Balakrishnan said the CPI (M) has enactment up candidates successful Lawspet and Thirubhuvanai. The enactment would enactment the CPI and the VCK successful constituencies wherever some parties person fielded their candidates. The purpose of the enactment was to decision the AINRC-BJP alliance, helium said. 

Mr. Saleem said the Congress was solely liable for the breakup of the INDIA bloc. However, helium said the DMK had failed to get the desired spot for the CPI by talking to the Congress party. The CPI was lone engaged successful spot sharing talks with the DMK successful Puducherry, helium said. 

Mr. Saleem said helium has withdrawn his candidature from Thattanchavady wherever Member of Parliament and Pradesh Congress Committee main V. Vaithilingam has besides filed information papers. The CPI has decided to contention lone from Ozhukarai constituency, helium added. 

“Mr. Vaithilingam has jumped into the Assembly polls aft getting elected to the Lok Sabha 2 years ago. There was nary necessity for him to contention the Assembly elections. He has spoiled the unity of the secular and antiauthoritarian forces successful the Union Territory. The enactment has decided to enactment lone the candidates of the CPI (M), the VCK and the SUCI successful Puducherry,” Mr. Saleem said. 

Published - March 26, 2026 07:46 p.m. IST

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