Summary:
In a dramatic move, the Congress-led government in Puducherry lost the confidence vote in the Legislative Assembly on Monday.
The ruling Congress-DMK alliance failed to prove majority as it has 11 MLAs in the 33-member Legislative Assembly.
The opposition has 14 members.
The Union Territory will go to polls in April-May later this year.
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Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday alleged the BJP did not want the Congress government-led by V Narayanasamy in Puducherry to continue when assembly elections were round the corner.
He was reacting to the fall of the congress government in the union territory after Narayanasamy resigned ahead of the confidence vote in the Assembly with the coalition ministry reduced to a minority due to a spate of resignations of party MLAs and a DMK legislator recently.
Though Narayanasamy moved the motion seeking the confidence vote minutes after the Assembly met for a special one-day session, he and his ruling side MLAs later walked out before the motion was put for voting.
Subsequently, the Speaker declared that the motion stood defeated.
"MLAs should stay loyal to the party.
MLAs who have resigned will not be able to face the people as people will call them opportunists," Narayanasamy said in the Assembly.
Narayanasamy later told reporters that the Speaker`s ruling is incorrect.
"The BJP government at the Centre, NR Congress and AIADMK have succeeded in dislodging our government by using voting power used by 3 nominated members.
This is murder of democracy.
The people of Puducherry and this country will teach them a lesson," he said.
Narayanasamy later met Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and tendered his resignation. "Myself, ministers, Congress and DMK MLAs and independent legislator have tendered resignation and sought it be accepted," Narayanasamy told reporters after meeting Tamilisai.
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