Puducherry administration paralysed, says CPI

The Communist Party of India (CPI) has criticised the Puducherry Government’s decision to present a Vote-on-Account instead of a full budget.

Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, CPI State secretary R. Viswanathan said the Congress was following the footsteps of the N.R.Congress government.

The presentation of vote on account has paralysed administration with departments not getting sufficient funds.

Mr. Viswanathan said that the Union Government had not come forward to waive the legacy loans to the tune of ₹7,300 crore, causing people to suffer and the interest amount payable by the Government to the Centre was also increasingevery year. The Centre has also pegged the non-plan expenditure at ₹530 crore.

Although Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy and his Cabinet colleagues had been frequently visiting Delhi and meeting Central Ministers, nothing positive had emerged, he said.

The CPI also wanted the Government to adopt a resolution in the Assembly on Thursday calling upon the Centre to scrap the hydrocarbon project in Karaikal. The project would cause suffering to the ryots and the Karaikal Collector should also write to the Centre to drop the project.