NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, APRIL 26
The turf war between Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi and the Chief Minister V Narayanasamy took a new turn on Sunday.
The Chief Minister took up with the Centre her alleged “unauthorised interventions” in the administration and ”choking” of work to control spread of COVID-19.
இன்று காலை உள்துறை அமைச்சர் அமித்ஷா தொடர்புகொண்டு #புதுச்சேரி மாநிலத்தில் #கொரோனா பாதிப்பு குறித்து கேட்டறிந்தார், தற்பொது 4 பேர் சிகிச்சை பெற்று வருவதாக தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது. மேலும் துணைநிலை ஆளுநர் கிரண்பேடி நிர்வாகத்தில் குழப்பத்தை ஏற்படுத்துகிறார். pic.twitter.com/wenSJ9205j
— V.Narayanasamy (@VNarayanasami) April 26, 2020
He raised the issue when Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The Chief Minister spoke to him over phone to acquaint himself with the present COVID-19 situation in the Union Territory, Narayanasamy told reporters here.
Earlier, he had levelled similar allegations against Bedi when Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to him review the coronavirus situation on April 11. He had then told Modi that Bedi was hindering implementation of government’s free rice scheme for the above poverty line families during the lockdown, a charged rejected by her.
Reacting to it, Bedi had said the Chief Minister “misinforms and tells lies so often which are unfortunate.” On Sunday, Narayanasamy told reporters here he told Shah that the UT government was taking “relentless steps” and also informed him about the dedicated services of doctors and others in keeping spread of the infections at bay.
He apprised him of the “utterly unauthorised and unnecessary intervention” by Lt Governor in the work done by the government machinery. “I also told the Home Minister that Bedi had been causing confusion and chaos in administration by her intervention and also by issuing newer and newer instructions to officials,” the Chief Minister said adding he had sought Shah’s immediate intervention to put an end to the matter.
Shah assured he would take appropriate steps in response to the plea, Naryanasamy, who had been at loggerheads with Bedi on various issues since her posting here, said.
Narayanasamy also said Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu spoke to him on Saturday and appreciated the “good work” Puducherry had been doing to protect the people after he briefed him about the measures being taken.
14 days compulsory quarantine, warns Narayanasamy
#கொரோனா | ஊரடங்கு அமலில் இருக்கும் இந்நேரத்தில் தேவையில்லாமல் வெளிமாநிலத்திற்கு செல்வதை தடுக்கவும், #புதுச்சேரி சேர்ந்தவர்கள் வெளிமாநிலத்திற்கு அனுமதியோடு சென்று வந்தாலும் 14 நாட்கள் தனிமைப்படுத்தப்படுவார்கள். pic.twitter.com/LeoFHTpT2Z
— V.Narayanasamy (@VNarayanasami) April 26, 2020
The Chief Minister said those going out of Puducherry to attend funeral of their kith and kin or for any other emergency purpose should on return remain in quarantine for 14 days.
He urged the Centre to make arrangements for evacuating people, including students and businessmen, from the union territory, who had been stranded in foreign countries. Narayanasamy said migrant workers in Puducherry also wanted to go back to their native place and sought operation of special trains to facilitate their return.
