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- ↑ "Puducherry Floor Test Live Updates: Congress blames BJP for Narayanasamy govt's fall". India Today.
- ↑ "Congress Loses Power In Puducherry, V Narayanasamy Resigns, Blames BJP". The NDTVs.
- ↑ "Puducherry political crisis: Narayanasamy resigns as CM after Congress govt loses majority". India Exprees.
- ↑ "V P Sivakolundhu Elected As Puducherry Assembly Speaker". The NDTV.
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