Namassivayam
Arumugam Namassivayam is an Indian politician. He was elected from the Villianur (Union Territory Assembly constituency) in Puducherry Legislative Assembly election in 2016.[1][2][3]
A Namassivayam | |
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| Ex. PWD Minister of Puducherry | |
| In office 2016–2021 | |
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| Born | Pondichéry, French India (now Puducherry, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations |
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Political career
He was the Ex-president of Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee. On January 25, 2021, he was suspended from the Congress party for his anti-party activities. Following that Namassivayam submitted his MLA resignation letter to the assembly speaker and quit Congress party.[4][5] He joined Bharathiya Janata Party along with his supporter Theeppainthan on 28 January 2021 in the presence of its national general secretary Arun Singh.[6]
References
- "GENERAL ELECTION TO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TRENDS & RESULT 2016 Puducherry Villianur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- "Tussle in Puducherry Congress for the top job". New Indian Express. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- "Congress-DMK alliance wins Puducherry". Business Standard. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- Jan 25, Bosco Dominique /; 2021; Ist, 13:58. "Puducherry minister A Namassivayam, MLA Theepainthan resign | Puducherry News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 January 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Setback to Congress in Puducherry as PWD Minister Namassivayam, MLA resign, set to join BJP". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- World, Republic. "Ex Puducherry Congress president A Namassivayam joins BJP". Republic World. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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