Cong. sees no threat to Pondy Govt.

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, NOV. 13. The Congress today exuded confidence and asserted that the Rangaswamy Government in Pondicherry was stable, despite the decision of the AIADMK to withdraw its support to the government.

``The (Pondicherry) government is stable and there is no danger to it. We are not aware why the AIADMK decided to withdraw support,'' the AICC Secretary, Mr. Ramesh Chennithala, incharge of party affairs in Pondicherry, told The Hindu, here.

He said the Cabinet still had two vacancies, hinting that the grievance of the AIADMK of not finding a place in the Government cold be addressed to.

``The discussions were going on (for participation), between the Congress and AIADMK there'', he said. Mr. Chennithala said he was in touch with the Chief Minister and the Pondicherry PCC Chief, Mr. V. Narayanaswamy.

Meanwhile, Mr. Chennithala said today the Pondicherry Makkal Congress leader, Mr. P Kannan, met the Congress President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, and invited her to address the party's merger rally next month, which she had agreed to.

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