Puducherry has potential to emerge as ‘Numero uno UT’, says Lt Governor

NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, JUNE 16

Puducherry Lt Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday appealed to the newly formed government here to be oriented towards promoting the welfare of the people.

Hosting a tea party to the newly elected legislators and Chief Minister N Rangasamy at Raj Nivas, she said her aim was that the people should have a fully developed Union Territory.

As a gift to the legislators, she handed over to each one of them a bag of mangoes as gifts she had brought from Telangana of which she is also a Governor.

She said, “Puducherry has the potential to emerge as numero uno in every aspect of administration and the new government should strive to ensure a people-oriented administration,” she said. Assuring the new government of her full cooperation, she said she would function in tandem with the territorial administration.

She further said Puducherry has the potential to emerge as a fully developed Union Territory. Rangasamy, who spoke at the reception, said Tamilisai Soundararajan was an efficient and able administrator, and acknowledged her promise of extending her cooperation to the new administration.