Father-son duo create history in Puducherry
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In a primary, the fifteenth Legislative Assembly in Puducherry could have a father-son duo sworn in as MLAs.
A. John Kumar, who moved from the Congress to the BJP and his eldest son Richards John Kumar (additionally on a BJP ticket) who made his electoral début, share a slice of history for being the primary father and son to be elected to the House.
Mr. John Kumar trounced former Minister M.O.H.F. Shahjahan of the Congress by 7,229 votes in Kamaraj Nagar.
In truth, Mr. John Kumar, who has chalked up landslide in the previous, together with from Nellithope in 2016 (victory margin of 12,141) and in the 2019 bypoll in Kamaraj Nagar, had cited this observe file to persuade the NDA to discipline his son in Nellithope.
“I feel vindicated now,” he stated referring to Richards’ win over V. Karthikeyan (DMK) by a slim margin of 496 votes.
Mr. John Kumar vacated his Nellithope seat to assist V. Narayanasamy contest and win after turning into Chief Minister in 2016. He stood from Kamaraj Nagar in 2019 byelection after V. Vaithilingam resigned as Speaker and received the Lok Sabha seat. Mr. John Kumar received by a good-looking margin of seven,171 votes over S. Bouvanesvarane of the AINRC.
“They are the first father and son legislator team in the history of the Puducherry House,” stated A.M. Saleem, CPI Secretary.
He stated the Puducherry Assembly has had shut relations as legislators in AINRC supremo N. Rangasamy and A. Namassivayam, who’s son-in-law to the previous’s elder brother or P. Rajavelou (AINRC) who’s the uncle of U. Lakshmikandhan (AINRC).
In truth, in the interregnum between erstwhile Pondicherry turning impartial (from the French) by means of a referendum and formal accession with the Indian Union in 1962 and the promulgation of the Union Territories Act, 1963, when French guidelines nonetheless prevailed, Communist chief, freedom fighter and commerce union path blazer V. Subbiah, and his spouse Saraswathi Subbiah have been concurrently members of the then Representative Assembly of French India, Mr. Saleem stated.
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