Puducherry: Protesting Oppn MLAs evicted, assembly adjourned sine die in 45 mins
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, and witnessed eviction of opposition legislators who protested against the short duration of the House.
Proceedings began with Speaker R Selvam making obituary references for prominent figures, including Pope Francis, 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.
However noisy scenes soon u
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tunity to raise public issues. He was also seen rushing towards Chief Minister N Rangasamy and presenting a memorandum listing various issues concerning the people.
All six DMK MLAs, two Congress legislators and 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 removed DMK leader Siva and another party legislator R Senthil Kumar amidst noisy protests. All the other members of
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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, rationalising 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 welcoming the GST reforms was adopted unanimously.
The three newly inducted nominated members V Selv
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