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NRC Plans to Contest in 2026 TN Election, Says Pondy CM Rangasamy
The New Indian Express Vellore
|February 08, 2025
PUDUCHERRY Chief Minister and NRC leader N Rangasamy has announced that the party will expand its presence to Tamil Nadu and contest in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
At the party's fifteenth anniversary celebration at the NRC headquarters on East Coast Road on Friday and addressing the gathering, Rangasamy said, "The growth of NR Congress lies in the hands of party workers, MLAs, and ministers. If we work together, we will secure victory in the 2026 elections. Party administrators and workers should begin preparations from today," he said.
This story is from the February 08, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
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