Rangasamy, Puducherry’s longest serving Chief Minister and ace strategist, in race for fifth term

He has held his ground in the National Democratic Alliance by blocking the precedent of creating a Deputy CM post for BJP and preserving his prerogative to determine Cabinet berths He has held his ground in the National Democratic Alliance by blocking the precedent of creating a Deputy CM post for BJP and preserving his prerogative to determine Cabinet…

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• He has held his ground in the National Democratic Alliance by blocking the precedent of creating a Deputy CM post for BJP and preserving his prerogative to determine Cabinet berths He has held his…
• He has held his ground in the National Democratic Alliance by blocking the precedent of creating a Deputy CM post for BJP and
• preserving his prerogative to determine Cabinet berths He has held his ground in the National Democratic Alliance by blocking the
• precedent of creating a Deputy CM post for BJP and preserving his prerogative to determine Cabinet berths

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• und in the National Democratic Alliance by blocking the precedent of creating a Deputy CM post for BJP and preserving his prerogative to determine Cabinet berths
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• He has held his ground in the National Democratic Alliance by blocking the precedent of creating a Deputy CM post for BJP and preserving his prerogative to determine Cabinet berths He has held his…
• He has held his ground in the National Democratic Alliance by blocking the precedent of creating a Deputy CM post for BJP and
• preserving his prerogative to determine Cabinet berths He has held his ground in the National Democratic Alliance by blocking the