Five Ministers- Two From BJP- Take Oath In Puducherry

Puducherry Cabinet Swearing-In: From NR Congress, K Lakshminarayanan, C Djeacoumar and Chandira Priyanga are taking oath. Chandira Priyanga will be the first woman minister of Puducherry in more than four decades.

Fifty days after N Rangasamy took over as the Chief Minister of Puducherry, five MLAs -- including two from the BJP -- are taking over as ministers in the Union Territory. The long power-sharing talks between the NR Congress and the BJP concluded on Friday, ending the suspense over government formation. This is the first time the BJP -- which does not have much of a presence in the former French colony -- is becoming part of the government. One of two BJP leaders to join the cabinet is Namassivayayam, who had quit the Congress just before polls. The other is Sai J Saravanan Kumar. From NR Congress, K Lakshminarayanan, C Djeacoumar and Chandira Priyanga are taking oath. Chandira Priyanga will be the first woman minister of Puducherry in more than four decades. The BJP forged an alliance with the NR Congress when the Congress government led by V Narayanasamy fell after a group of MLAs resigned and crossed over to the BJP.