Puducherry, March 22 -- Independent MLA M Sivasankar from Puducherry's Ozhukarai seat, on Sunday, joined the Congress party in the presence of the party's Puducherry Incharge Girish Chodankar and local leadership in the run-up to the 2026 Assembly elections.

M Sivasankar has won the 2021 elections from the Ozhukarai constituency.

Earlier on March 19, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met with the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) for Puducherry, led by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, to chart the course for the Assembly elections.

In a post on Facebook, Rahul Gandhi said the meeting at Indira Bhawan in New Delhi focused on strengthening the organisation and shaping a roadmap that reflects the voices, needs, and aspirations of ...