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Former Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to mislead the people of the Union Territory.
Addressing a press conference on Friday, he said Mr. Modi, during his visit to Puducherry on Thursday, gave the people a wrong impression that the Centre had invested in projects worth ₹4,000 crore.
He said that of the ₹2,426 crore Sattanathapuram-Nagapattinam four-lane road work, which the Prime Minister inaugurated, only 2% passed through the Karaikal region. The project was approved by the United Progressive Alliance government in 2014.
The Mairie Building, inaugurated by the Prime Minister, was renovated using funds sanctioned by the World Bank. The construction of a JIPMER building at Karaikal and a minor port at Puducherry were sanctioned four years ago by the Centre on the request of the territorial administration, he said. “He completely tried to mislead the people by makin
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various development projects, in Puducherry on February 25, 2021.
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Says NDA will form Government after elections
Days after the fall of Congress government in Puducherry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday charged that the leaders in the Union Territory had failed to cooperate with the Centre in implementing schemes and utilisation of funds.
At a public meeting in Puducherry, Mr Modi said while people had voted for the Congress in 2016 with lots of hopes and aspirations, the Congress leaders here were only trying to please the party high command in New Delhi.
Announcing the Cabinet decision here, Union minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters that the decision was taken as no party claimed to form a government in Puducherry following the resignation of the Chief Minister.