NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JAN 13
Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy was trying to mislead and misinform the people on the issue of appointment of the State Election Commissioner (SEC), said the Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi here on Saturday.
In response to Narayanasamy’s statement that the Lt. Governor was trying to anoint her Officer on Special Duty G. Theva Neethi Dhas as the SEC, Bedi said “it was only a figment of his imagination.”
“I wish to tell you [Chief Minister] that my OSD, Theva Neethi Dhas is not separable to take up any other assignment as long as I am the Lt. Governor of Puducherry. He is indispensable to the Lt. Governor’s Office in view of his long and outstanding public services rendered,” Bedi said in a WhatsApp message to reporters.
“He provides this office critical institutional memory so essential for me personally, coming from outside the region. Hence, please stop spreading falsehood through media as my office needs his services in view of his integrity, vast experience and capability. He too is not interested in any such posts,” she said.
Urging Narayanasamy to redeem the reputation of the Chief Minister’s Office, Bedi said the “people of Puducherry deserve to have a trusting Chief Minister.”
The matter related to the SEC and that of free rice were sub judice, she added.
