New Delhi, March 21 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday unveiled a list featuring nine candidates for the upcoming Puducherry Assembly elections to be held on April 9, nominating PML Kalyanasundaram for the Kalapet seat and GNS Rajasekaran for Thirunallar.

As per the announcement, A Namassivayam is set to contest from Mannadipet, while VP Ramalingame and A Johnkumar will represent the party in Rajbhavan and Mudaliarpet, respectively.

Additional candidates include Embalam R Selvam for Manavely, TKSM Meenatchisundaram for Neravy TR Pattinam, and A Dineshan for Mahe. Meanwhile, E Theeppainthan is scheduled to run in Oussudu, a constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes.

On Friday, the incumbent AINRC and the BJP-AIADMK coaliti...