Kiran Bedi eliminated as Puducherry Lieutenant Governor amid disaster in Cong govt

Image Source : PTI, FILE PHOTO Dr Kiran Bedi has been eliminated as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
Dr. Kiran Bedi has been eliminated because the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry whereas Governor of Telangana, Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, has been given the extra cost as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. The improvement has come on the day when the Congress-led authorities within the Union Territory slipped right into a minority after yet another legislator resigned lowering its tally within the meeting.

Kiran Bedi will “cease to hold” the workplace of the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson stated Tuesday night time.

The President has directed that Dr. Kiran Bedi shall stop to carry the workplace of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry and has appointed Dr.
Tamilisai Soundararajan, Governor of Telangana, to discharge the features of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, along with her personal duties, with impact from the date she assumes cost of her workplace, till common preparations for the workplace of Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry are made,” Ajay Kumar Singh, press secretary to the President, stated in a press release.

Puducherry Chief Minister reacts

Speaking on this improvement, Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy stated, “Due to pressure from us, the Government of India has removed Dr Kiran Bedi. This is a great victory for the people of Puducherry. She hampered the growth in here by her attitude of blocking welfare schemes.”

Earlier within the day, the Congress authorities within the union territory misplaced its majority with one other ruling get together legislator resigning on Tuesday, lowering the numbers of the party-led alliance to 14 within the meeting with an efficient power of 28.

Seizing on the chance, the opposition which additionally has 14 MLAs within the 33-member home, demanded the resignation of Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, saying his authorities was in minority.

However, Narayanasamy rejected the demand, claiming that his authorities continued to get pleasure from ‘majority’ within the meeting, which is about to go for polls within the subsequent few months.

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Congress MLA A John Kumar resigned from his MLA publish and the get together on Tuesday, changing into the fourth legislator to stop the meeting since final month, dealing a blow forward of the elections.

With Kumar’s resignation, the power of the Congress within the meeting has decreased to 10 together with Speaker. Its ally DMK has three members and an impartial additionally helps the federal government.

The easy majority within the meeting with the diminished power is 15. Polls are probably in April and the House’s time period ends on June 8, 2021.

The improvement got here a day forward of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s go to to the union territory to launch the get together’s marketing campaign.

The get together place within the meeting as of Tuesday: Congress (ten), DMK three, All-India NR Congress seven, AIADMK 4, BJP three (all nominated and have voting rights) and one impartial.

Four Congress MLAs have resigned whereas one member had been disqualified.

“I have resigned from the party as well. I am sending the letter to Puducherry Congress Committee chief AV Subramanian,” Kumar, a confidante of Narayanasamy and who was elected from the Kamaraj Nagar phase in 2019 bypoll, advised PTI.

Party sources indicated that Kumar is more likely to be a part of the BJP, seen as a repeat of what’s taking place in West Bengal with the Trinamool Congress, although not on an analogous scale right here.

Last month, addressing a ballot rally right here, BJP nationwide chief J P Nadda slammed the Congress for alleged rampant corruption and vowed to seize energy within the union territory by successful 23 plus seats out of the 30.

The exodus of Congress MLAs began with the resignation of then Minister A Namassivayam and E Theeppainjan final month with the 2 later becoming a member of the BJP.

Malladi Krishna Rao, additionally a Minister, resigned from the federal government and in addition as MLA on Monday. Another Congress MLA N Dhanavelou was disqualified for alleged anti-party actions in July final 12 months. Namassivayam had mounted a scathing assault on Narayanasamy, accusing him of suppressing senior leaders.

Leader of the Opposition within the meeting N Rangasamy, who floated the AINRC after breaking away from the Congress in 2011, on Tuesday demanded the resignation of the Narayanasamy ministry.

“The government has lost its majority in the wake of resignations of legislators of ruling party. Chief Minister should quit office voluntarily owning moral responsibility,” he advised reporters.

Narayanasamy, in the meantime, claimed his authorities ‘has majority’ within the House.

“All our legislators are united. The demand of the opposition for government’s resignation is not genuine… We will function in consonance with the provisions of the Constitution,” he advised the media.

Flanked by AIADMK and BJP leaders, (the 2 events had been AINRC’s allies throughout earlier polls), Rangasamy stated if the federal government didn’t resign his get together would take ahead its motion plan to press for its ouster.

AIADMK legislature get together chief A Anbalagan advised PTI he concurred with Rangasamy and stated the Chief Minister ought to stop with none additional lack of time.

John Kumar referred to as on Speaker V P Sivakolundhu at his workplace and handed over his handwritten letter of resignation.

The Speaker has accepted the resignations of Kumar and Rao, sources within the Assembly stated. The Congress had gained 15 meeting seats within the 2016
polls.

(With inputs from PTI)
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