Newly elected members of Puducherry Assembly take oath

Puducherry May 20 (PTI) Newly elected members of the Union Territory of Puducherry took oath as MLAs on Wednesday, with Chief Minister N Rangasamy being the first to do so. The legislators took oath as MLAs in the presence of pro-tem Speaker A Anbalagan in the 30-member House. Besides Rangasamy, legislators belonging to the AINRC, BJP, AIADMK, DMK, Congress and Independents took the oath one by one in the languages of their choice--Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam or English. After the swearing in ceremony Anbalagan adjourned the proceedings of the House sine die. The AINRC-led NDA had won the April 9 elections. The chief minister had successfully contested from Thattanchavady and Mangalam constituencies and Rangasamy has resigned from the former. PTI CORR SA