Puducherry CM Narayanasamy stages protest against lieutenant governor Kiran Bedi
Bosco Dominique | TNN | Updated: Feb 13, 2019, 16:32 ISTPuducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy (middle) and others stage a protest in front of Raj Novas
PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy took a leaf from the books of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and staged a protest in front of Raj Nivas, the official residence of lieutenant governor Kiran Bedi, to condemn stalling of welfare and development schemes of the elected government by her.
All his five cabinet colleagues and Congress and DMK MLAs joined the protest.
Narayanasamy, sporting black shirt and black dhoti to register his protest symbolically, said the peaceful agitation was against Bedi for interfering in the day to day affairs of the elected government.
He accused Bedi of preventing the elected government in executing various welfare measures such as providing free rice and Pongal bonus to all ration cardholders and policy schemes of extending grant-in-aid to the corporations, societies and government-aided private schools to disburse salary and pension to the staff members and retired workers.
Narayanasamy said he had written to Bedi urging her to fulfil the 39-charter demand of the government. He added that he decided to lead a peaceful agitation in front of Raj Nivas as he had not got any response from the lieutenant governor.
He was also highly critical of Bedi for her move to implement the helmet rule by force in the Union territory. He had insisted that the director general of police implement the helmet rule in a phased manner and after enlightening the public on the benefits of wearing a helmet.
Earlier in the day, Bedi, after visiting the district rural development agency, told reporters that the breaking of helmets by the AIADMK legislators to register their protest on compulsory helmet rule would attract contempt of court proceedings. Bedi on Tuesday said she had written to the Union government to direct the Puducherry chief minister not to obstruct the enforcement of the law.
All his five cabinet colleagues and Congress and DMK MLAs joined the protest.
Narayanasamy, sporting black shirt and black dhoti to register his protest symbolically, said the peaceful agitation was against Bedi for interfering in the day to day affairs of the elected government.
He accused Bedi of preventing the elected government in executing various welfare measures such as providing free rice and Pongal bonus to all ration cardholders and policy schemes of extending grant-in-aid to the corporations, societies and government-aided private schools to disburse salary and pension to the staff members and retired workers.
Narayanasamy said he had written to Bedi urging her to fulfil the 39-charter demand of the government. He added that he decided to lead a peaceful agitation in front of Raj Nivas as he had not got any response from the lieutenant governor.
He was also highly critical of Bedi for her move to implement the helmet rule by force in the Union territory. He had insisted that the director general of police implement the helmet rule in a phased manner and after enlightening the public on the benefits of wearing a helmet.
Earlier in the day, Bedi, after visiting the district rural development agency, told reporters that the breaking of helmets by the AIADMK legislators to register their protest on compulsory helmet rule would attract contempt of court proceedings. Bedi on Tuesday said she had written to the Union government to direct the Puducherry chief minister not to obstruct the enforcement of the law.
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