NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI/PUDUCHERRY, FEB 10
Shifting his fight with Lt Governor Kiran Bedi to New Delhi, Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy on Wednesday urged the President Ram Nath Kovind to recall the former IPS officer, saying she was running a ”tuglaq durbar.”
In a detailed memorandum presented to Kovind in the national capital, Narayansamy said “even during French regime, we were not ill-treated like this.” He complained that Bedi was ”autocratic” and was interfering in the administration, besides ”impeding” the implementation of various proposals of the elected government.
The chief minister, who has been at odds with Bedi over a number of issues concerning the union territory since her appointment there in 2016, had a half an hour meeting with the President.
The Chief Minister said, he had presented the memorandum containing the various schemes allegedly impeded by Bedi and that he was accompanied by lone Lok Sabha member from Puducherry V Vaithilingam and his cabinet colleagues M Kandasamy and Malladi Krishna Rao.
10-02-2021 | Hon'ble Chief Minister of Puducherry Shri @VNarayanasami along with Hon'ble Welfare Minister of #Puducherry Shri M.Kandasamy met with Hon'ble Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman at #NewDelhi . pic.twitter.com/VnaSi5PIKC
— Office of Ex CM V Narayanasamy (@ExcmPuducherry) February 10, 2021
“The proposal of the government to introduce 10 percent quota for students from government schools and holding NEET certificates intending to do medical education had also been facing hurdles as the Lt Governor to whom the proposal was sent had forwarded it to the Centre”, he said.
In the memorandum, made available to the media at Puducherry, Narayansamy told the President that “Dr Kiran Bedi is running Tughlaq Darbar in undemocratic (manner) and in violation of Rules of Law.” Accusing her of functioning like a “typical autocrat”, he alleged that she was making unilateral decisions in administrative, financial and policy matters totally in violation of Rules of Business of Government of Puducherry, 1963 and Constitutional principles.
10-02-2021 | HCM of #Puducherry Shri @VNarayanasami along Hon'ble Welfare Minister of Puducherry Shri M.Kandasamy met with Hon'ble Union Minister for Textiles Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani at #NewDelhi & requested for setting up of Apparel park in Puducherry to generate employment. pic.twitter.com/2tMdWIAiGp
— Office of Ex CM V Narayanasamy (@ExcmPuducherry) February 10, 2021
He charged Bedi with ”burying” the democratic setup and democratic institutions and said she was a ”danger” to the democracy.
“Even during French regime, we were not ill-treated like this. They respected the people and never treated us as slaves. That is why veteran Indian freedom fighters like (Rabindranath) Tagore, Subramaniya Bharathi, etc. came to Puducherry to fight effectively against the British rule in other parts of India,” Narayansamy said. The happenings in Puducherry were ”brutal murder” of democracy “and being the custodian for the Constitution of India, we humbly request to kindly intervene into this issue and save democracy and federal system and people of Puducherry by removing Dr Kiran Bedi,” as Lt Governor, he told Kovind.
“This also will uphold the dignity of the post of Lieutenant Governor,” he added. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she never left her residence but once publicly reprimand a medical officer in strong words, he said.
Many cabinet decisions like the implementation of Universal Health Scheme, distribution of mobile tablets to provide e-learning education during the pandemic, providing 50 percent reservation to government in private medical colleges, and distribution of free rice scheme have either been delayed by Bedi or modified by her, he claimed.
“Dr Kiran Bedi is arbitrarily laying conditions in all the welfare schemes without following any Rules/guidelines. This badly affects the implementation of the welfare schemes and thereby many poor/downtrodden people of Puducherry are left without benefits from the Government,” he said.
(UT) Ministery of Home Affairs Government of India at New Delhi regarding developmental issues of #Puducherry . 2/2
— Office of Ex CM V Narayanasamy (@ExcmPuducherry) February 10, 2021
Narayanasamy-led delegation also met Additional Secretary to Union Home Ministry Govind Mohan in Delhi and discussed various developmental issues of Puducherry.
