Puducherry Assembly polls | Narayanasamy not in Congress list of 14 candidates

Former Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy’s name did not figure in the list of 14 candidates for the Assembly elections announced by the All India Congress Committee late on Tuesday evening. The party has announced candidates for all but Yanam constituency.

Sources claimed that Mr Narayasamy had told his confidantes that he was not inclined to contest the elections this time. Of the 30 seats in Puducherry, the Congress is contesting in 15 seats while its ally DMK has been given 13 seats and CPI and VCK one constituency each.