By IANS,
Puducherry : All India NR Congress (AINRC) leader N. Rangasamy Sunday met Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Iqbal Singh and staked his claim to form the government.
The party’s newly elected legislators met here earlier and unanimously elected Rangasamy as the leader of its legislature party.
The AINRC won 15 out of the 17 seats it contested in alliance with the AIADMK, which bagged five seats in the 30 member house.
A former Congressman, Rangasamy, 60, was the chief minister of the union territory from 2001 to 2008.
A party leader told IANS that the decision on forming a coalition government will be taken later.