Puducherry assembly adjourned sine die after 45 minutes
GST
Dated:- 18-9-2025
PTI
Puducherry, Sept 18 (PTI) The one-day session of the Puducherry Assembly was adjourned sine die on Thursday after lasting for just 45 minutes.
Proceedings began with Speaker R Selvan making obituary references for prominent figures, including Pope Francis, the former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren, and former AIADMK legislator of Puducherry K Sivalokanathan.
All the members stood in silence for a couple of minutes in memory of these leaders.
The session, however, devolved into noisy scenes as all the opposition DMK and Congress MLAs protested by squatting on the floor near the podium, urgin
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ing a memorandum listing various issues concerning the people.
All six DMK, two Congress legislators and the Independent member Nehru squatted on the floor with their plea for holding the Assembly session for a considerable number of days.
The Speaker, however, paid rich tributes to the newly elected Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and repeatedly asked the members to return to their seats and allow the proceedings to continue.
As the members persisted with their protest, the Speaker ordered their expulsion.
A team of watch and ward staff lifted the DMK leader R Siva and another DMK legislator R Senthil Kumar amidst noisy protests. All the other members of the DMK and the Congress trooped out of the House. They, however, squatted on
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council meeting recently.
While tabling the resolution, Rangasamy said that the House resolved to welcome and endorse the decisions of the GST Council and conveyed its deep appreciation to the Prime Minister, Union Finance Minister and also to all the members of the Council for the historic and transformative reforms.
According to the CM, the reforms would directly benefit several families, farmers, and also the middle class while strengthening the States and union Territories through sustainable revenue growth. By easing compliance, rationalizing rates and reducing taxes, the reforms would make the GST regime citizen friendly.
The Speaker adjourned the House sine die after announcing that the resolution tabled by the Chief Minister we
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