Puducherry government opposed to privatising power distribution
PUDUCHERRY: Chief Minister of Puducherry, V Narayanasamy on Saturday said the territorial government was against the Centre’s move to privatise power distribution. “The Centre’s current proposal to privatise power distribution in Puducherry is not acceptable. We will move the court to prevent the Centre from going ahead with its move,” he told reporters here. He […]
Prime Minister non-committal on helping states tide over fiscal woes: Puducherry Chief Minister
NEW DELHI: Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was non-committal on fiscal assistance to states despite them apprising him of the financial sufferings during a video conference. Therefore, there was no other option for the Union Territory except to borrow from the Reserve Bank of India to tide over […]
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor says Chief Minister lying through his teeth
NEW DELHI: Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Monday termed as a lie and misrepresentation Chief Minister V Narayanasamy’s briefing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that she had been hindering the implementation of the rice scheme for APL (above poverty line) families in the Union territory. Bedi said in a whatsapp message that the issue […]