Puducherry CM Rangasamy kicks off poll campaign, highlights crisis in INDIA bloc

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CM N. Rangasamy launched his canvass  run  successful  Thattanchavady constituency

CM N. Rangasamy launched his canvass run successful Thattanchavady constituency | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Referring to differences among various parties of the INDIA bloc implicit seat-sharing for the April 9 Assembly polls successful Puducherry, Chief Minister and AINRC laminitis N. Rangasamy said that the governance of the Union Territory (UT) cannot beryllium entrusted to parties that cannot adjacent enactment unneurotic to determine which seats to contest.

“The voters are witnesser to the discord wrong the INDIA bloc connected seat-sharing. They are fighting each different successful respective constituencies and inactive telephone themselves a ‘bloc’. Governance of the UT cannot beryllium near to specified governmental parties,” helium said, portion launching his run from the Thattanchavady constituency, wherever helium is seeking re-election for the sixth time. 

Mr. Rangasamy, who heads the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) successful the UT, is contesting against Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and main of the Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee V. Vaithilingam. 

Without naming Mr. Vaithilingam, the Chief Minister said the idiosyncratic ambition of definite radical has led to the “breakup of the INDIA bloc.” “Two years ago, the radical of Puducherry elected a idiosyncratic to the Lok Sabha. The MP’s presumption is 1 of responsibility. When helium has 3 much years near to service the radical successful his capableness arsenic MP, this idiosyncratic has travel distant to combat the Assembly elections. To debar contention from wrong his enactment and alliance, helium has denied the spot to a workfellow (referring to erstwhile Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy), creating a situation successful the bloc,” helium said.

Recalling a connection issued by CPI person A.M. Saleem against the Congress pursuing the illness of seat-sharing successful the INDIA bloc, the Chief Minister said: “Dirty authorities was played by a person. It amounts to cheating the voters of the erstwhile Lok Sabha polls. It was astonishing to announcement that the person, who occupied the enactment president’s post, had himself created disorder successful that party. He has cheated his colleague, and besides his confederation partners.” 

Urging the voters to comparison the tenure of the erstwhile Congress authorities with that of the NDA, the Chief Minister said that astir of the promises made to the voters during the 2021 polls and the assurances fixed connected the level of the Assembly person been fulfilled. “We volition travel retired with caller assurances and promises,” helium said, indicating plans to merchandise the party’s manifesto for the 2026 elections. 

The Chief Minister would beryllium campaigning for the NDA candidates successful the Puducherry and Karaikal regions successful the coming days.

Published - March 28, 2026 02:17 p.m. IST

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