Puducherry, March 28 -- Ahead of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly elections, former Congress leader AV Subramanian on Friday resigned from all Congress party positions.

In a letter addressed to V Vaithilingam, President of the Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), Subramanian cited "private reasons and unavoidable circumstances" as reasons for the decision.

His decision comes after Puducherry Congress president V Vaithilingam released the party's list of 16 candidates for the upcoming elections earlier in the day.

According to the list, DPR Selvam will contest from Mannadipattu, while P Karthikeyan has been fielded from Oosudu. Other prominent candidates include N Raja Kumar from Indiranagar, V Vaithilingam from Thattanchavad...