By Gopal Ethiraj
PUDUCHERRY, 26 September (asiantribune.com): The ruling Congress nominee P. Kannan was on Saturday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from the lone seat in the Union Territory of Puducherry.
An election release said here Kannan has been elected at the end of the deadline for withdrawal of nominations. The nomination of Mr. Kannan alone was found in order during scrutiny of papers on September 24 while that of four independents rejected for various reasons, including lack of supporters.
The former home minister of the Union territory, Mr. Kannan had merged his Puducherry Munnetra Congress (PMC), founded in 2005, with the Congress on August 29. He brought all his three MLAs to the Congress fold.
Earlier he supported the Congress nominee Mr. V. Narayanaswamy in the recent Lok Sabha elections, who won and became the Union Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs and Culture. The seat fell vacant on May 16 following the resignation of V. Narayanasamy.
After filing his nomination papers he met the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and took his blessings along with Mr. V. Narayanaswamy and Puducherry Chief Minister V. Vaithilingam.
With the merger of the PMC, the strength of the Congress in the 30 member Assembly has increased from 10 to 13 and the V. Vaithilingam Government is supported by the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (seven) and three independents.
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