Recall Kiran Bedi : Congress-Led Protests Against LG Rage Across Puducherry
The chief minister is among those who have accused Kiran Bedi of blocking welfare schemes meant for the poor in the state, and trampling upon the rights of an elected government.
Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy along with leaders of alliance parties and Cabinet Ministers during their agitation against Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, in Puducherry, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.
Politics13/Jan/2021
New Delhi: Protests have been intensifying across Puducherry against the Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi for allegedly “blocking” welfare schemes meant for the poor of the Union Territory.
The ruling Congress-led Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA) has been holding demonstrations from January 8 to protest against the “autocratic functioning” of the lieutenant governor. The agitations have also seen chief minister V. Narayanasami in attendance.
Puducherry CM directs district administration to withdraw Section 144, paramilitary forces
Briefing newspersons, the Chief Minister said that if the district administration failed to do so, he would convene a meeting of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA)
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PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Tuesday directed the district administration to immediately withdraw the prohibitory order promulgated under section 144 Cr.P.C and the deployment of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) personnel in Puducherry for the last five days.
Briefing newspersons, the Chief Minister said that if the district administration failed to do so, he would convene a meeting of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) in the capacity of the chairperson of the authority and take steps over the issue.
The agitation by the ruling Congress-led Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA) in Puducherry demanding the recall of Lt Governor Kiran Bedi entered the third day here on Sunday. Participants including the Chief Minister V Narayanasamy were seen holding placards with slogans urging Bedi to go back . Ministers and legislators of the ruling Congress and leaders and workers of the parties affiliated to the SDA (except the DMK) participated in the stir which began on Friday. For the second day, Narayanasamy and the other protestors slept at the venue on Saturday night. The opposition AIADMK and the BJP however, described the agitation by the SDA as a politically motivated initiative and an attempt to cover up the Congress government s failure during the last four and half years to fulfill poll promises.
The ruling Congress-led Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA) in Puducherry on Friday began its four-day long agitation here demanding recall of Lt Governor Kiran Bedi for allegedly impeding developmental plans and welfare measures of the elected government. Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, the lone Lok Sabha Member from Puducherry V Vaithilingam, Congress legislator T Jayamoorthy, leaders of the CPI, CPI(M) and VCK also participated in the protest. Although the SDA had earlier decided to hold the agitation by picketing Raj Nivas (office-cum-residence of the Lt Governor), the venue was shifted to Maraimalai Adigal Salai (more than a km away) as police did not give permission in view of an order in force restricting agitations within 500 metres of Raj Nivas and the Assembly.