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Two All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) legislators, P. Rajavelu and V.P. Sivakolundhu, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator G.N.S. Rajasekaran volition soon beryllium inducted into the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) authorities headed by Chief Minister and AINRC laminitis N. Rangasamy successful Puducherry, pursuing support from the Union government.
Paving the mode for their induction into the Cabinet, a notification issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs connected June 8 said that the President has appointed the 3 legislators arsenic Ministers successful the Council of Ministers connected the “advice” of the Chief Minister. The notification added that they would presume bureau arsenic Ministers from the day of their swearing-in.
Sources successful Puducherry said that the swearing-in of the Ministers is apt to instrumentality spot connected June 17, completing the enactment of the Cabinet aft the NDA returned to powerfulness successful the 2026 Assembly elections successful the Union Territory (UT).
After the NDA secured a majority, Mr. Rangasamy, on with 2 Ministers, was sworn successful connected May 13, leaving the remaining 3 berths vacant. The Ministers were A. Namassivayam of the BJP and Malladi Krishna Rao of the AINRC.
Both parties had an knowing to proceed with the power-sharing look adopted during the NDA’s erstwhile tenure. After the Cabinet enlargement is completed, the adjacent apt measurement volition beryllium the predetermination of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. During the erstwhile tenure, the BJP held the Speaker’s post, portion the Deputy Speaker’s station was held by the AINRC.
Who are the caller Ministers?
Among the 3 recently designated Ministers, Mr. Rajavelu, who won the reserved constituency of Nettapakkam, brings with him respective decades of nationalist life. Having entered authorities aft the decease of his member P. Uthiravelu, 1 of the salient leaders of the UT successful the 1980s, Mr. Rajavelu became a Minister astatine a precise young property successful 1990. He aboriginal served different word arsenic Minister and besides held the station of Deputy Speaker during a governmental vocation spanning much than 3 decades.
The different AINRC legislator designated arsenic Minister, Mr. Sivakolundhu, served arsenic Speaker during the Congress authorities headed by V. Narayanasamy from 2016. In the existent Assembly, helium represents the Lawspet constituency successful Puducherry. Mr. Sivakolundhu is the elder member of BJP president V.P. Ramalingam.
Mr. Rajasekaran, who was a nominated BJP legislator during the NDA’s erstwhile tenure, won the Thirunallar constituency successful the Karaikal portion successful the 2026 Assembly elections, marking his archetypal electoral victory.
