Narayanasamy warns Pondy over 'anti-people' attitude

Puducherry: Launching a blistering attack on the All India NR Congress government in Puducherry, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office V Narayanasamy today said if the present trend of “anti-people” attitude continued “day will not be far off for the Centre to intervene and issue marching orders to the ministry”. Narayanasamy alleged around 4,000 workers in government departments and undertakings were sacked by N Rangasamy-led government within days of the government coming into power and there were instances of an employee committing suicide.[caption id=“attachment_205253” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, V Narayanasamy. Image courtesy PIB”] [/caption] The AINRC government had let down the people as law and order was in shambles, he said at a rally of Congress party workers in Puducherry. He charged that crimes like robbery and chain snatching were occurring on the main thoroughfares and claimed Industries intending to start units here were afraid of establishing industries here as activities of anti-social elements were on the rise. The minister also flayed police officials for “their failure” to register FIR whenever complaints were made by merchants against anti-social elements. He said the Centre had already made available Rs 125 crore as interim relief to the Puducherry government to extend assistance to those affected by Cyclone Thane. But the chief minister and his colleagues were saying that the Central funds were yet to be made available, he charged. The increase in the Value Added Tax structure, effected from 1 January, had made the situation worse with commodities becoming dearer here than in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, Narayanasamy said. He said all seven Congress legislators will launch agitations both inside and outside the territorial assembly during the coming budget session to bring to focus the “failure” of the Rangasamy government. PTI