3 more Cong MLAs to quit in Puducherry, govt sure to lose trust vote: BJP

BENGALURU: 3 more Congress MLAs are set to resign from the Assembly in Puducherry, a key BJP leader claimed on Friday even as he asserted the beleaguered V Narayanasamy government would lose the trust vote. Two of the 4 Congress MLAs who quit the House -- A Namassivayam and E Theeppainthan -- have already joined the BJP.

BJP in-charge of the UT Nirmal Kumar Surana said the other two Congress MLAs -- Malladi Krishna Rao and A John Kumar - - would join the J P Nadda-led party. "The two will be joining the BJP. They are speaking with our leadership," Surana, also Vice-President of Karnataka unit of the BJP, told PTI. "Certainly, 100 per cent", he said when asked if the Congress government would lose the vote of confidence in the House.