Puducherry elections 2021: CPI(M) announces candidate for one seat
Puducherry,
Mar
19:
The
Communist
Party
of
India
(Marxist)
has
named
its
candidate
for
the
Muthialpet
seat
in
the
April
6
Puducherry
Assembly
elections
while
announcing
that
it
would
support
the
Secular
Democratic
Alliance
(SDA)
in
other
constituencies.
The
party
announced
R
Saravanan,
an
advocate,
as
its
candidate
from
the
Muthialpet
seat.
CPI(M) Puducherry unit secretary R Rajangam told reporters here on Thursday that the party, a constituent of the Congress-led SDA, was not earmarked any seat but had decided to contest from Muthialpet.
"We have therefore fielded our nominee in Muthialpet," Rajangam said, adding the CPI(M) would however, seek the voters'' support for the SDA in other segments where the Congress, DMK and other allies have fielded candidates.
The Congress has fielded its nominees in 14 segments out of the 15 seats allotted to it through an accord with the DMK recently.
While the DMK has fielded its candidates in 13 segments, the CPI and VCK, the other constituents of SDA, have been earmarked one seat each.