Puducherry Congress wants back lone LS seat

New Delhi, Mar 7 : Puducherry Congress has stepped up pressure on the party high command for contesting the lone Lok Sabha seat in the Union Territory, which is currently being held by UPA constituent PMK.

A high-level delegation comprising Chief Minister V Vaithilingam, Home Minister E Valsaraj and the UT&aposs Congress chief A V Subramaniam met Congress General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad and placed the demand.

"We met Azad and told him that Puducherry parliament seat should be alloted to Congress as the party enjoy overwhelming support of the people," Vaithilingam told reporters here.

Asked about Azad&aposs response, the General Secretary in-charge of the UT, the Chief Minister said:"He told us that he will consider the demand."

Vaithilingam said the high command should consider Puducherry as a separate state and not combine it with Tamil Nadu.