Suspended Congress leaders from Puducherry join BJP
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A. Namassivayam was suspended following his choice to give up the Cabinet
Suspended Congress leaders A. Namassivayam and E. Theeppainthan on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on the occasion headquarters in New Delhi.
Mr. Namassivayam, Mr. Theeppainthan and some different Congress functionaries joined the BJP within the presence of occasion nationwide basic secretary Arun Singh and UT in-charge Nirmal Kumar Surana.
The newly inducted leaders later referred to as on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and occasion nationwide president J. P. Nadda.
The Congress had suspended Mr. Namassivayam on Monday following his choice to give up the V. Narayanasamy-led Cabinet and resign his MLA’s publish. Mr Theeppainthan was additionally suspended for resigning his MLA’s publish together with the previous Minister.
Mr. Namassivayam began his profession as a youth chief within the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam after which moved to the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in 1996.
He contested the Assembly ballot on MDMK ticket from Ozhuvarkarai however misplaced. Ahead of the 2001 Assembly ballot, he contested from the identical constituency on TMC ticket and gained the seat.
He turned a Minister within the coalition Ministry led by N. Rangasamy (then within the Congress). He joined the Congress forward of the 2006 Assembly election and until his resignation as legislator represented Villianur constituency. In 2015, he was appointed Puducherry Congress Committee president.