New Govt Whip for Pondy

Pondicherry, July 27 (UNI) Former minister and Congress legislator from Bahour constituency M Kandasamy has been appointed as the Government Whip.

Official sources said, another former minister A Namasivayam was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister.

Orders in this regard, would be issued later today and they would assume office on the opening day of the Budget Session, which begins tomorrow.

With this, all the ten Congress members were provided with a position in the Government.

Meanwhile, the seat arrangements in the House, were completed and the lone CPI legislator R Viswanathan was allotted a seat in the Opposition Benches, following a request from him.

The seven-member DMK-bloc, which is supporting the Government, has already been given the Opposition Party status, the sources added.

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