Have no issues with governor, says Pondicherry CM
Even two days ago we had dinner together,†Narayanasamy told reporters on Saturday.
Puducherry: Denying reports about differences between the government and Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy said he had absolutely no problem with the Lt Governor. “We have no issue between us. Even two days ago we had dinner together,” Narayanasamy told reporters on Saturday.
Reacting to the order of the Delhi high Court that the Lieutenant Governor is the administrative head of Union Territory of Delhi, the Chief Minister said that the administrative structures in Delhi and Puducherry are not the same. “Powers of the Delhi Lt.Governor were prescribed as per Constitution 239 (AA) whereas in Puducherry , the powers of the Lt Governor and Cabinet were prescribed as per the Constitution and also as per the Union Territory’s Act 1963,” Narayanasamy said.
‘Functioning within powers demarcated for us’
Pondy Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy asserted that there were no difference of opinion between his ministry and Lt Governor Kiran Bedi. “There is no clash between the Lt Governor and the ministry,” he said. He said the LG and the ministry were functioning within the powers demarcated for them in the Constitution. Hence, there were no room for any difference of opinion.