Question: Recently the Senior Congress leader and former union minister V. Narayanasamy sworn in as the Chief Minister of which of the following state/Union Territory?
(a) Kerala
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Andaman and Nicobar
(d) Puducherry
Ans:(d)
Related facts:
- On 6 June 2016 Senior Congress leader and former union minister V. Narayanasamy sworn in as the Chief Minister of which of the Union Territory Puducherry.
- He was sworn in as the 10th chief minister.
- Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Narayanasamy and the five Ministers – A. Namassivayam, Malladi Krishna Rao, M. Candassamy, M.O.H. F. Shahjahan and R. Kamalakannan.
- V. Narayanasamy served three tenure as Rajya Sabha MP and was member of Lok Sabha from Puducherry constituency from 2009 to 2014.
- He was minister of state in Prime Minister’s office in Manmohan Singh’s second government as well as minister of state.
- Parliamentary Affairs in the first UPA government.
- He was named Chief Minister of Puducherry in May 2016 after Indian National Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance won Puducherry Legislative Assembly election.
- In Puducherry Congress has won the maximum 15 seats in the Assembly election.
- All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) managed to win only eight seats followed by AIADMK(4) and DMK(2) and CPM backed independent(1).
- The Congress which has 15 MLAs in the 30-member House has formed the Ministry with the support of the two DMK MLAs.
Reference:
https://www.py.gov.in/government/chiefminister.html
http://eciresults.nic.in/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/narayanasamy-sworn-in-as-puducherry-cm/article8696625.ece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._Narayanasamy