HC upholds nomination of 3 BJP members to Puducherry house

June 02, 2021 19:31

Puducherry CM N Rangasamy

The Madras high court on Wednesday upheld the nomination of three BJP MLAs to the Puducherry assembly, with a bench finding no merit in a petition against their appointment.

Justices Anita Sumanth and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy upheld the May 2021 notifications of the Union ministry of home affairs and the Puducherry chief secretary nominating K Venkatesan, V P Ramalingam and R B Ashok as members of the territorial assembly.

"On all fronts, we find no merit in this writ petition," the bench said and dismissed it.

The public interest writ petition was filed by G A Jegannathan, former president of Karikalampakkam village, seeking quashing of the notification dated May 10.

"At the risk of repetition, we may state that the only grievance of the petitioner appears to be that the nominees are members of the BJP. This can hardly be a relevant consideration," the judges said.

The AINRC-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), of which the BJP is a part, had won the April 6 assembly polls in the Union territory, securing a majority in the 30-member House.

With the nominated members, the strength goes up to 33.

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