Pondy: 3 nominated members assume office

Puducherry, Apr 23: The three nominated members to the Puducherry Assembly today assumed office.

Speaker R Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office to the members - T Thyagarajan (Congress), Na Ra Kalaianthan (CPI) and N G Panneerselvam (PMK) - at a simple function held in his chamber at 1215 hrs.

Earlier, the legislative Assembly was adjourned for an hour today at 12 hrs to enable the members to take part in the function.

Speaker had announced the appointment of the three nominated members in the House.

Chief Minister N Rangasamy, his Cabinet colleagues, Deputy Speaker A V Sreedharan and legislators participated in the swearing in ceremony. Congress General Secretary A Gandhiraj and PMK parliamentary party leader M Ramadass also attended the function.

Mr Thyagarajan was a former member from Kuruvinatham constituency while Na Ra Kalainathan was the nominated member in the last Assembly and Mr Panneerselvam a debutant.

With the appointment of the nominated members, the Congress had fulfilled an agreement with alliance partners, before the Assembly elections here.

UNI