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Rangasamy met the L-G and submitted letters of support from alliance parties, marking a record fifth time he has staked claim to form a government in Puducherry.

This was led by Dr Mandaviya. Party state in-charge Nirmal Kumar Surana and Puducherry BJP president V P Ramalingam were present.

Rangasamy won his first election from Thattanchavady as a Congress candidate in 1991 and went on to become the Agriculture Minister in the Congress government led by V Vaithilingam.

BJP wins 4 seats as DMK takes 5 and Congress 1; former CM Ve Vaithilingam among key losers in 30-seat Assembly verdict

Chief Minister N Rangasamy won the Thattanchavady seat with a comfortable margin of 4,441 votes against TVK-backed Neyyam Makkal Kazhagam candidate E Vinayakam.

The campaign of the veteran leader, who cut his teeth in the Congress party before launching his own party the AINRC in 2011, offers interesting spectacles.