Puducherry, Apr 2 (PTI) Congress leader Mukul Wasnik on Thursday expressed concern over Prime Minister Narendra Modi not initiating any steps to make the union territory “BEST Puducherry.” Speaking to reporters at the PCC office here, he said the Prime Minister at a rally during the run-up to the election in 2021 stated that the union territory would be made “BEST Puducherry”.
He had promised that in “Business, Education, Spirituality and Tourism (BEST)”, Puducherry would emerge as an excellent performer. “What step has the Prime Minister initiated to make this assurance into action,” the AICC general secretary asked.
“Instead of becoming BEST Puducherry, it has now become the worst administered state in the country,” he alleged.
The INDIA bloc comprising the Congress, DMK and VCK will win in the April 9 elections and remove the “unholy AINRC and BJP alliance in Puducherry,” he said.
Wasnik further slammed the union territory government. “Corruption is a way of life in the present administration. Drug abuse, particularly among school children, is a matter of concern in Puducherry. The Puducherry Lieutenant Governor himself has stated that 23 per cent of children, particularly government school children, are affected by drug abuse. This is the biggest man-made disaster,” he alleged.
The Congress leader also wanted to know what had happened to the promise the Prime Minister and the AINRC leader and Chief Minister N Rangasamy had made to the people that Puducherry would be made a state. “Several promises made to the people were hanging in the air and no action had been taken to fulfil them by the Prime Minister,” he claimed.
“The present government in Puducherry is the weakest that the union territory has ever seen,” he alleged.
Wasnik was here to campaign for the candidates of the INDIA bloc in the forthcoming Assembly polls.
Puducherry PCC leader V Vaithilingam, former Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and VCK general secretary D Ravikumar were among those present at the press meet. PTI COR KH
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