Puducherry, March 21 -- Having been allotted ten seats as part of the seat sharing pact with the ruling AINRC, which is heading the NDA in the union Territory of Puducherry, the BJP on Saturday announced its first line of nine candidates to contest the April 9 elections.
As per the list released by BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh, Minister Namasivayam will seek re-election from Mannadipet constituency, while Territorial Assembly Speaker Selvam will also seek re-election from Manavely constituency.
The other candidates are E .Theepainthan (Ossudu-SC), P M Kalyanasundaram (Kalapet), BJP State President V P Ramalingam (Raj Bhavan), A John Kumar (Mudaliarpet), G N S Rajasekeran (Thirunallar), TKSM Meenakshisundaram (Neravi in Karaik...