Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy Protesting For Third Day Against Lt Gov Kiran Bedi, Says ‘Go Back Bedi’

Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy has literally hit the road demanding the removal of Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi. He is camping on a road near her official residence for the third day. The intensification of the long-standing feud between the two governing authorities of the union territory comes months ahead of the assembly election scheduled in May. Accusing Bedi of scuttling Puducherry's development at the Centre's behest & citing her "undemocratic style of functioning", Narayanasamy, who heads its Secular Democratic Front alliance government, began his protest on January 8. Sleeping on Anna Salai, a kilometre away from her residence, he has been joined by many others such as Puducherry Congress chief, ministerial colleagues, and MLAs. The CPM and CPI, too, have joined his protest. Narayanasamy has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove Bedi, saying she has been stalling welfare measures.