Puducherry CM calls Kiran Bedi a demon

October 31, 2019 21:28

Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy, who has been at loggerheads with the Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on administrative issues, on Thursday said the Centre had posted a 'demon' here, as she has allegedly been impeding various welfare schemes.

Addressing a meeting of the ruling Congress party on the occasion of the 35th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in Puducherry, the chief minister said, "We are putting in strenuous efforts to ameliorate the lot of the people through various welfare schemes."

But the Centre has posted a `demon` here and she has been hindering the implementation of the schemes, he said.

Narayanasamy claimed the consecutive win of the Congress or its alliance partner the DMK in the polls held either to Parliament or to the Legislative Assembly (in the bypolls) showed that people had reposed faith in the Congress government.

The chief minister took strong exception to allowing Members of European Parliament visit Jammu and Kashmir while denying and banning the visit by the political leaders from within the country.

"How can this irony be justified?" he asked and alleged that the NDA was only staging a drama by letting the European MPs visit the Kashmir valley. -- PTI

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