Narayanasamy blaming L-G for his govt.’s failures: Rangasamy

AINRC chief calls for CM’s resignation; says UT has seen nil progress in the last two years

Counter point: AINRC founder and leader of the Opposition N. Rangasamy addressing the media in support of Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi in Puducherry on Thursday.

Former Chief Minister and All India NR Congress (AINRC) leader N. Rangasamy on Thursday censured Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy for blaming Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi for all the failures and called upon Puducherry government to address people’s issues.

Dubbing the Narayanasamy-led regime a non-performing government, Mr. Rangasamy accused it of failing to implement poll promises. Addressing the media on Thursday at his party office, he said that Mr. Narayanasamy had made it a practice to blame the Lieutenant Governor for everything.

“On the one hand, the Chief Minister accuses the L-G of being a hurdle in the implementation of the schemes and on the other hand we see the ministers continuing to meet to get their files cleared. I do not understand this drama. This is affecting the people and the progress of the State,” he said.

‘Poor management’

He accused the government of failing to implement new schemes and announce financial assistance to students. “Even those students who have taken loans are struggling to continue their studies. The government has failed to disburse the salaries of the employees working in public sector units, due to which they are unable to pay their children’s school fees,” he claimed.

The former Chief Minister alleged that the government has failed to provide loans to the backward classes. “The constituency development funds have not been disbursed, the government has not been providing free rice regularly to all the poor. They have not implemented any projects for the farmers, backward communities, weavers or fishermen. They have failed to implement the public welfare schemes as well. How long will they blame the LG for this? They have even cancelled seven liquor licences for PASIC. We don’t know who benefited from it. The cooperative sugar mills have shut down, affecting the sugarcane farmers. They are giving excuses and blaming the LG for their own failures,” he said.

‘Law and order worst’

Mr. Rangasamy said the government did not function for the progress of the State. “Mr. Narayanansamy has been constantly claiming that the law and order is under control. But what is happening today? Two murders occur in one day, vehicles are set on fire. Theft and burglary continue. Even the government officials are scared to leave their homes locked due to the fear losing valuables. A few days ago, there was violence in Kalapet and it is alleged that a Congress member was responsible for that. We see that law and order is not under control and crime is increasing every day,” he said.

Pointing out that the Chief Minister has asked the Lieutenant Governor to resign for receiving a letter from the Central government, he questioned: “What should a government which has neither shown any progress nor realised their poll promises do? Should such a government stay?” he asked.

Mr. Rangasamy said that the activities of the present government for the last two years have not been for the progress of the state. “There are no new industries in Puducherry. Has the government created any new employment opportunities? How many educated youth has Puducherry employed in the last two years? Only if there are new industries there can be jobs. The development of this State remains a question,” he said while adding that his party will soon meet the Home Minister with a complaint against the government. “We will approach the Central government at the earliest and apprise them of the situation here,” he said.