The coming-together of Indira and Kamaraj in the Puducherry polls and an anti-climax

The DMK Ministry, headed by M.O.H. Farook Maricar, in Puducherry collapsed at the start of 1974 after two Ministers defected to the ADMK. The election to the 30-member House and the by-elections to some seats in Tamil Nadu created a hype around merger of Congress (Requisitionists) and Congress (Organisation). But that was not to be