Ahead of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly elections, former Congress leader AV Subramanian on Friday resigned from all Congress party positions.
In a letter addressed to V Vaithilingam, President of the Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), Subramanian cited 'private reasons and unavoidable circumstances' as reasons for the decision.
The announcement comes after Puducherry Congress president V Vaithilingam released the party's list of 16 candidates for the upcoming elections.
The party has fielded prominent candidates including N Raja Kumar from Indiranagar, V Vaithilingam from Thattanchavady, and M Vaidyanathan from Lawspet.
The Congress and DMK have finalised a seat-sharing agreement, with Congress contesting 16 of the 30 seats and DMK contesting the remaining 14 constituencies.
The Union Territory of Puducherry is all set to hold the 2026 Assembly Election on April 9 in a single phase, with counting of votes scheduled to take place on May 4.
