R ARIVANANTHAM
PUDUCHERRY, JAN 1
The tussle between the Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy and the Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi reached a new peak on Wednesday, as the former slammed the Raj Niwas functioning as BJP Office.
Addressing reporters here, the Chief Minister said that the BJP government at the Centre and the Lt. Governor were the road block to implement welfare schemes in the union territory.
Sharing my press meet video held this noon at Assembly #Puducherry .#புதுச்சேரி .
Clip 2/3 pic.twitter.com/MzOahElIRu— V.Narayanasamy (@VNarayanasami) January 1, 2020
In spite of Madras High Court direction that Lt. Governor should not interfere in the day-to-day functioning of the elected government, Kiran Bedi is running a parallel government through various means. The court clearly said that she should act only on the recommendations of the elected government, but she continuously rejecting the order, he said.
The Chief Minister alleged that Lt. Governor is indirectly provoking the opposition parties in getting petitions against the Congress government.
Rolls out Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance for poor families
Narayanasamy said that so far 1.03-lakh eligible families were enrolled in the union government’s Ayushman Bharat scheme. Hence, the state government has decided to roll out the Chief Minister’s comprehensive Health Insurance scheme for the poor families. The government is taking all out efforts to improve the revenue of the union territory, the Chief Minister said.
Keeping all these in view, “I had already submitted a memorandum to the President Ram Nath Kovind to recall the Lt. Governor, when he visited the Union Territory for participating in the 27th convocation of Pondicherry University’ recently.” , Mr. Narayanasamy said.
Governor greets public at Gandhi Beach
Meanwhile, the Lt. Governor met the public who thronged the Gandhi Beach on Wednesday and exchanged New Year greetings. Later, she received visitors at Raj Niwas and accepted gifts such as books, play materials to be handed over to rural children studying in schools and youths.
