Puducherry Cabinet formation drags on

Internal dynamics within the AINRC and BJP as well as the latter’s delay in giving its list of nominees, have delayed the Cabinet formation in the Union Territory

More than a month after the All India N-R Congress led National Democratic Alliance formed the government in Puducherry, Chief Minister N. Rangasamy has been unable to form the cabinet due to a multitude of factors. If in the initial stages, the delay was owing to AINRC’s ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s adamant stand on obtaining the Deputy Chief Minister’s post and insistence on more than two cabinet berths, the issue now has more or less narrowed down to the internal dynamics within the AINRC and BJP.