PM Modi, Bedi have hidden agenda of merging Pondy with TN: CM

Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and territorial Lieutenant Goverr Kiran Bedi of trying to dismantle separate status of Puducherry and merge it with neighbouring Tamil Nu.

Chief Minister said, Prime Minister and Lieutenant Goverr, along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have been slowly depriving Puducherry government of its powers and impeding several welfare and developmental schemes proposed by elected government.

dressing participants of day-long fast to press for demand to recall Bedi, Narayanasasmy said re was indeed a threat of merging Puducherry with Tamil Nu.

If merged, Puducherry would be reduced to a status of a district like Villupuram or Cuddalore, he said.

Appealing to people to be wary of merger which he called as a hidden nda, Chief Minister said Puducherry would be safe only in hands of Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA). PTI COR NVG NVG