Puducherry MLAs, Ministers call on PM
The Hindu
Namassivayam submits a petition seeking ₹500 cr. aid
A BJP delegation from Puducherry, consisting of party MLAs, and three Independents on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his office. Led by the party’s local unit president V. Saminathan, the delegation included Ministers A. Namassivayam, Sai Saravanan and Speaker Embalam Selvam. Independent MLAs who had extended support to the BJP — Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok, M. Sivasankar and Angalane — were also present. Mr. Namassivayam told The Hindu that he had submitted a letter to the Prime Minister seeking a special assistance of ₹500 crore to tide over the pandemic-induced financial crisis and to tackle COVID-19 more effectively in the Union Territory.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












