Puducherry: Congress in Puducherry today paid homage to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on the occasion of his 52nd death anniversary here today. Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee president A Namassivayam, AICC general secretary V Narayanasamy, former Chief Ministers D Ramachandran and V.Vaithilingam were among those present Namassivayam and others later garlanded a statue of Nehru at Gandhi Thidal.
Namassivayam told newsmen later that the two-member AICC delegation, comprising former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit and party`s general secretary Mukul Wasnik, would hold talks with Congress legislators here tomorrow to decide the CLP leader.
Asked if DMK, a poll partner of Congress, would be accommodated in the ministry, he said “initially we would elect the CLP leader and other matters would be decided subsequently.” Congress bagged 15 of the 21 seats it contested in the May 16 Assembly polls here while the DMK two of nine seats it aspired to annex.