<p>In this episode of the Lead, get to know who are the personalities of the Puducherry polls, how the alliances stack up and how has the Kiran Bedi- Narayanswamy tussle affected the elections.</p>.<p>Once a French Riviera in the east, the Union Territory of Puducherry hogged the limelight with the LG-Chief minister tussle, a somewhat replica of what had happened in Delhi. And more recently, with the fall of the V Narayanaswamy government by defections, the UT was abuzz with political drama. What does this mean for the Congress and will the BJP unfurl its flag here too?</p>.<p>Puducherry or formerly Pondicherry is a Union Territory of India which has its own Assembly with a strength of 33 members out of which 3 are nominated by the Central government. The UT is not a continuous landmass but has territories elsewhere on the peninsula. In 2016, the Congress-led alliance formed the government under the leadership of V Narayanswamy, whose infamous tussle with first women Lieutenant-Governor Kiran Bedi had been the talk of the town ever since she was deputed to the UT.</p>.<p>Ahmed: Today, we are joined by our special correspondent from Chennai E T B Sivapriyan to tell about the UT and what's happening this year. Hi, Sivapriyan. Welcome to DH Radio.</p>.<p>E T B Sivapriyan: Hi.</p>.<p>Ahmed: With the exodus of the MLAs in Puducherry, how are the alliances placed in the Union Territory?</p>.<p>E T B Sivapriyan: The Congress has seen a lot of exodus in the past two months, a maximum number of people have gone to the BJP and one person has gone to the splinter group called the NR-Congress, which was launched in 2011...</p>
<p>In this episode of the Lead, get to know who are the personalities of the Puducherry polls, how the alliances stack up and how has the Kiran Bedi- Narayanswamy tussle affected the elections.</p>.<p>Once a French Riviera in the east, the Union Territory of Puducherry hogged the limelight with the LG-Chief minister tussle, a somewhat replica of what had happened in Delhi. And more recently, with the fall of the V Narayanaswamy government by defections, the UT was abuzz with political drama. What does this mean for the Congress and will the BJP unfurl its flag here too?</p>.<p>Puducherry or formerly Pondicherry is a Union Territory of India which has its own Assembly with a strength of 33 members out of which 3 are nominated by the Central government. The UT is not a continuous landmass but has territories elsewhere on the peninsula. In 2016, the Congress-led alliance formed the government under the leadership of V Narayanswamy, whose infamous tussle with first women Lieutenant-Governor Kiran Bedi had been the talk of the town ever since she was deputed to the UT.</p>.<p>Ahmed: Today, we are joined by our special correspondent from Chennai E T B Sivapriyan to tell about the UT and what's happening this year. Hi, Sivapriyan. Welcome to DH Radio.</p>.<p>E T B Sivapriyan: Hi.</p>.<p>Ahmed: With the exodus of the MLAs in Puducherry, how are the alliances placed in the Union Territory?</p>.<p>E T B Sivapriyan: The Congress has seen a lot of exodus in the past two months, a maximum number of people have gone to the BJP and one person has gone to the splinter group called the NR-Congress, which was launched in 2011...</p>