“The way the continuously corrupt government is running in Puducherry is really worrying. If you want to get any work done, you have to pay 30% commission. Five years have passed; BJP is in power at the Center and in the state, yet why did Puducherry not get statehood?” Sharma said.Expressing concern over unemployment, he claimed that youth in Puducherry are struggling to find jobs while liquor is easily available. He also accused the ruling coalition of failing to fulfill election promises.He said, “The youth here are not able to get jobs, yet liquor is continuously available. People fully understand the gap between what was promised and what is actually being delivered. Out of the hundred promises made in their manifesto, they failed to fulfill even 90.”The Congress is contesting the Puducherry Assembly elections on April 9 in alliance with its current ally DMK. Under the agreement, Congress will contest 16 seats, while DMK has been allotted the remaining 14 seats. Puducherry, a former French colony, has a 33-member Legislative Assembly, of which 30 are directly elected; The remaining three MLAs are nominated by the Centre.The Congress-DMK alliance is also present in neighboring Tamil Nadu, where DMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has allotted 28 constituencies out of 234 to the grand old party along with a Rajya Sabha seat.Voting will be held in Tamil Nadu in a single phase on April 23. Counting of votes in both Puducherry and Tamil Nadu as well as three other states – Assam, Kerala and West Bengal – will take place on May 4.