29 members sworn in as MLAs in Puducherry
Twenty nine of the 30 newly elected members of the 14th Puducherry Assembly were sworn in as MLAs on Thursday. The oath was administered by VP Sivakolundhu of Congress, who was inducted as the assembly's pro-tem Speaker a day earlier. SV Sugumaran of opposition AINRC could not be present as he was indisposed, Secretary to the Assembly S Mohandas said.