NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JAN 28
Former Puducherry Congress president A Namassivayam and another party leader E Theeppainthan, who recently resigned as MLA from the assembly, joined the BJP on Thursday, in a boost to the saffron party in the poll-bound union territory.
— Namassivayam (@ANamassivayam) January 28, 2021
The two leaders joined the BJP here in the presence of its national general secretary Arun Singh. Social activist A Jayakumar also joined the party in the presence of party president J.P. Nadda and National General Secretary BL Santhosh. Later Namassivayam along with others met the Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Namassivayam lauded the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Puducherry is headed to assembly polls in April-May along with Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, and Assam.