Puducherry, A political crisis involving the ruling AINRC-BJP coalition is brewing in the union territory, with a section of saffron party MLAs expressing displeasure against the government over issues such as corruption, and have called for the doors of national leaders with a plea to set things right before it "gets worse."
Among other things, they want a cabinet reshuffle.
Fissures within the local BJP unit also appear to have come to the fore with calls to replace the current UT chief due to the party's candidate's defeat in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections.
BJP candidate and Puducherry Home Minister A Namassivayam lost to Congress' Ve Vaithilingam by a margin of over 1.36 lakh votes in the April 19 elections and there are murmurs in the saffron camp that The three-year N Rangasamy-led government's 'poor performance' also contributed to its defeat.
A delegation of seven legislators belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also a couple of nominated and independent legislators has sought the intervention of the BJP high command "to correct the deficiencies in the functioning of the coalition ministry in Puducherry", a said BJP source on Thursday.
BJP PML Kalyanasundaram MLAs A John Kumar and his son Richard, nominated legislator K Venkatesan and independents M Shivashankaran, P Angalane and Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok, all supporting the government, met BJP national president J P Nadda, in Delhi on Wednesday and sought his intervention to "straighten the party and the administration", the source added.
The delegation also met Lieutenant Governor CP Radhakrishan and raised certain issues, including the government's failure to meet the needs and requirements of BJP constituencies and supporting legislators. The MLAs also complained of "rampant corruption".
In the national capital, the MLAs also met Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who was the party observer here in the recent past and explained to him the apparent reasons for BJP's failure in the parliamentary elections, the source said. .
Chief Minister Rangasamy is keeping his mouth shut even as legislators have come out against his government.
The AINRC has ten legislators on its side in the territorial Assembly, while its ally, the BJP, has six members. There are six independents and three nominated legislators in the 30-member House. Additionally, there are three nominated members.
The opposition formed by the DMK and the Congress together has eight members.
The current development is also seen to have exposed internal differences in the BJP. There was also a demand from a section of the BJP that the high command should replace the party's state unit president S Selvaganapathy for his poor electoral performance.
Former Puducherry BJP president V Saminathan has openly demanded Selvaganapathy's removal.
Among other things, they want a cabinet reshuffle.
Fissures within the local BJP unit also appear to have come to the fore with calls to replace the current UT chief due to the party's candidate's defeat in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections.
BJP candidate and Puducherry Home Minister A Namassivayam lost to Congress' Ve Vaithilingam by a margin of over 1.36 lakh votes in the April 19 elections and there are murmurs in the saffron camp that The three-year N Rangasamy-led government's 'poor performance' also contributed to its defeat.
A delegation of seven legislators belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also a couple of nominated and independent legislators has sought the intervention of the BJP high command "to correct the deficiencies in the functioning of the coalition ministry in Puducherry", a said BJP source on Thursday.
BJP PML Kalyanasundaram MLAs A John Kumar and his son Richard, nominated legislator K Venkatesan and independents M Shivashankaran, P Angalane and Gollapalli Srinivas Ashok, all supporting the government, met BJP national president J P Nadda, in Delhi on Wednesday and sought his intervention to "straighten the party and the administration", the source added.
The delegation also met Lieutenant Governor CP Radhakrishan and raised certain issues, including the government's failure to meet the needs and requirements of BJP constituencies and supporting legislators. The MLAs also complained of "rampant corruption".
In the national capital, the MLAs also met Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who was the party observer here in the recent past and explained to him the apparent reasons for BJP's failure in the parliamentary elections, the source said. .
Chief Minister Rangasamy is keeping his mouth shut even as legislators have come out against his government.
The AINRC has ten legislators on its side in the territorial Assembly, while its ally, the BJP, has six members. There are six independents and three nominated legislators in the 30-member House. Additionally, there are three nominated members.
The opposition formed by the DMK and the Congress together has eight members.
The current development is also seen to have exposed internal differences in the BJP. There was also a demand from a section of the BJP that the high command should replace the party's state unit president S Selvaganapathy for his poor electoral performance.
Former Puducherry BJP president V Saminathan has openly demanded Selvaganapathy's removal.
