Bedi is woman without conscience, says Narayanasamy

Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Friday said Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi is a woman without a conscience as she is allegedly opting a revengeful attitude against elected government. dressing a press conference here, he said Territorial government, under his leership, h me rapid strides in several key sectors.

To buttress that statement, Narayanasamy referred to Department of Personnel and ministrative Affairs of Central government which h come out with an official report stating that among Union Territories, Puducherry has 'notched top rank in governance, public health, human resources development sector and in maintenance of law and order and security.'

He said Centre h also stated in its report released on Thursday covering all Union Territories that Puducherry is in second place in agriculture. Narayanasamy said union territory was an excellent and best performer in four of nine sectors assessed by Centre for all Union Territories.

He claimed this as a "Himalayan achievement for my government and also for entire team of Ministers and officers." He said his government was let down by Centre without releasing sufficient funds to meet its commitments.

"re is also a sustained and unabated interference by Lt Governor Kiran Bedi in routine ministration," he said.

He lamented that Lt Governor was allegedly taunting and intimidating officers by inviting m to meetings in her office. He said Bedi is a woman without conscience and acts in a revengeful manner against elected government.

Narayanasamy expressed hope New year 2020 would, however, turn for better as ' people as a whole are totally backing secular democratic parties.' appreciation of performance of territorial government in key sectors by Central government is proof of good governance available now despite Bedi putting several hindrances and giving trouble to government, he said.

"We know how we can tide over all hindrances even if Lt Governor kept blocking files sent to her highlighting our decisions to implement welfare schemes," he ded.

When his attention was drawn to Lt Governor`s objection to proposal of government to bring in casinos, he reacted vociferously and wanted Bedi to 'first raise her objection to government of Goa where casino is in place.' He asked,

"Who is Bedi to question our proposal for casino as Puducherry is a tourist destination. We are starved of funds to run government and we are in a fix for want of funds to pay salaries to employees and workers in certain sectors."

"Who is she to raise objection to our proposal to have casinos," he asked.

Lt Governor h earlier in a whatsapp message wanted Chief Minister to explain if `opening of casino (as proposed by government) be termed development`. She also pointed out in her message that `we have kept 'wolf of gambling' away from a spiritual and pristine Puducherry`.

Bedi also expressed apprehension that "if we in ministration h concurred with Chief Minister and few ors in cabinet for facilitating casinos, lottery companies and breweries around in open market our students perhaps would take to gambling and beer-drinking habits." This would hurt social and spiritual fabric of Puducherry benefitting only some vested interests, she said.

She pointed out in her message that "we have kept wolf of gambling and social pollution away from lives of people of Puducherry." She appealed to people to remain watchful and ensure that at no time such wolves enter even by default in name of development.