 "Former Union Minister V Narayanasamy next CM of Puducherry")
He was elected as the Congress Legislature Party leader today and the announcement was made by former Delhi Chief Minister SheIla Dikshit and AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik, after holding talks with various representatives at Puducherry today.
Puducherry Congress leaders were camping at Delhi during the past two days, to meet Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, as there was infighting on the selection of a candidate for the CM's post.
The Congress-DMK alliance won 15 seats in the 30-member assembly in Puducherry. Of these, the DMK won two seats.
Since there were as many as three contenders for the Chief Minister's post -- former Chief Minister V Vaithilingam, Congress Party's Puducherry head A Namassivayam (who, according to sources enjoyed Rahul Gandhi's support) and Narayanasamy -- there was a delay in choosing the next Chief Minister.
The Congress party was not able find a solution for about 10 days. After serious of discussions today, the decision to appoint Narayanaswamy was finally made.
Meanwhile Namassivayam's supporters burnt the Congress flag and blocked roads against the party's decision to announce Narayaswamy as the next Chief Minister.
It may be noted, while Namassivayam and Vaithilingam contested and won the recently concluded assembly election, Narayanami did not contest. So if he has to complete the full five-year term at the helm, he needs to become an MLA within the next six months.