Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan is only interested in pleasing PM, Home Minister, not in serving people: Puducherry Congress

PCC attack Lt Gov. Tamilisai Soundararajan for pleasing her "political masters" instead of serving Puducherry people. Former CM V. Narayanasamy claims she has no business to comment on political issues while holding a Constitutional post. PCC also attack Puducherry CM N. Rangasamy for failing to take up issues with Central govt. and announcing schemes without allocating funds. PCC to mark Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary on Aug 20 with several leaders from Yanam expected to join Congress.

The Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) on Thursday, stepped up its attack on Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan alleging that she was only interested in pleasing her “political masters” and not serving the people of Puducherry. 

Addressing a joint press conference, PCC chief V. Vaithilingam and former Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy said Ms. Soundararajan was only interested in pleasing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. 

“The Lt Governor usually comments on everything, but has failed to speak on the violence against women in Manipur. The Lt Governor has not uttered a [single] word, even though the crime was against women. She is only interested in pleasing the PM and HM,” the PCC chief alleged.

Mr. Narayanasamy said that though Ms. Soundararajan is also the Governor of Telangana and only holds additional charge of Puducherry as Lt Governor, she was in Puducherry, and was commenting on the political developments in Tamil Nadu. “She has no business to comment on political issues while holding a Constitutional post,” he said.

The former Puducherry CM alleged that the Lt Governor had uttered “a serious lie” by stating that students from economically poor backgrounds in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have fared well in the NEET.  

According to him, Tamil Nadu Governor R. N Ravi was trying to play with the future of students in Tamil Nadu on the NEET issue. Mr. Ravi and Ms. Soundararajan are “puppets” in the hands of Mr. Modi, he claimed.

Mr. Vaithilingam and Mr. Narayanasamy also attacked Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy for his failures.  The PCC chief said the government headed by Mr. Rangasamy has failed to take up issues concerning the development of the Union Territory with the Central government, even though it was in alliance with the BJP.