BJP To Get 2 Berths, NR Congress 3 As Puducherry Finally Gets A Cabinet

The total strength of the ministry will be six - four from the NR Congress (including the Chief Minister) and two from the BJP

The BJP will get two berths in the Puducherry cabinet and its ally, the NR Congress, will get three, it was announced on Friday evening. The news ends an extended - 50 days - period of suspense over the make-up of Chief Minister N Rangasamy's ministerial team. The NR Congress-BJP alliance won the April election and Mr Rangasamy took his oath on May 7. K Lakshminaryanan, C Djeacoumar and Chandira Priyanga of the NR Congress and Namassivayayam - who quit the Congress before the polls - Sai J Saranvan Kumar of the BJP will take oaths Sunday. The BJP has been given the post of Puducherry Speaker; R Selvam has already been appointed.