Puducherry, Sep 21 (UNI) With the ruling NDA Constituents-- N R Congress and BJP keen to contest the lone Rajya Sabha seat from the Puducherry Assembly in the Union Territory, N R Congress President and Chief Minister N Rangaswamy convened a meeting of the party legislators.
Apart from the N R Congress legislators, three independent legislators –P R Siva, Nehru and Prakash Kumar –took part in the meeting, which lasted till midnight on Monday night.
It may be noted that, of the six independent legislators, three had already extended support to the BJP.