PUDUCHERRY: Three persons, nominated by the Centre, were tonight sworn in as members of the Puducherry assembly.
President of Puducherry unit of BJP V Saminathan, party treasurer K G Shankar and educationist S Selvaganapathy were recently nominated to the assembly by the Union Home Ministry.
They were sworn in by Lt Governor Kiran Bedi at the Raj Nivas.
Opposition AINRC legislators N S J Jayabal, Ashok Anand and S Sugumaran greeted the newly members.
Thre are 30 elected members in the assembly.