BJP will capture power in Puducherry: Nadda

PUDUCHERRY: BJP president J P Nadda on Sunday asserted his party would sweep the coming Puducherry assembly elections and assured people of the union territor y a corruption-free and development-oriented govt. Alleging that corruption was rampant under the Congress government led by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, he said the BJP would win 23 of the 30 seats in the union territor y assembly in the polls, likely in the next few months. The BJP in the UT has received a shot in the arm with former minister A Namasivayam joining the party along with a former MLA recently. "...for the last 35 years under the Congress rule, 52 per cent of the population in the UT is below the poverty line," Nadda claimed.