The opposition Congress on Sunday took strong exception to the recent statement made by Chief Minister N. Rangasamy that the financial position of the Union Territory was in fine fettle.
Speaking to reporters here, AICC general secretary and former Union Minister V. Narayanasamy said the Chief Minister should come out with a white paper on the financial position of the Union Territory.
If the fiscal position of Puducherry is sound where is the need for the Government to raise loans from open market borrowing to the extent of Rs.200 crore in one month? The debt burden of the UT is on the increase and the poor functioning of the government is too clear to need any explanation.
Mr. Narayanasamy said the Puducherry Government was granting licenses to sell liquor through retail outlets in the vicinity of schools, hospitals and places of worship. A new liquor policy would be evolved and this would be done by the Congress if the party was elected to power in 2016.
He said the Centre had evolved a policy to grant one Smart city to each of the States and Union Territories. Though Puducherry has been included in the list, elections to local bodies should be conducted to fulfil the criteria.
Presently all the local bodies lack elected representatives and the Government must immediately hold elections to local bodies.
The government should also share 50 percent of the total investment for the Smart city. While the Centre would grant funds an equal amount must be contributed by the Puducherry Government.
He wondered that when most of the welfare schemes were pushed to the backburner due to paucity of funds how the government could a allot funds for the Smart city project.
Mr. Narayanasamy also alleged large scale irregularities in admission of students under Government quota in the private medical colleges.
He claimed that the private medical colleges were adopting various methods to shift the candidates admitted under Government quota to engineering colleges when they are unable to pay the exorbitant fees.
