‘Made Puducherry ATM of Gandhis’: Amit Shah on ex-CM Narayanasamy; says NDA aims to win 60% votes in 2026 polls | India News
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Dr Amit Shah Congress on Saturday accused V Narayanasamy of turning Puducherry into an “ATM for the Gandhi family” during his tenure as chief minister of the constituency.The senior BJP leader also alleged that the Narayanasamy administration had “sold” PG and diploma seats, including those for reserved category candidates, to “rich people”.Narayanasamy served as Chief Minister from June 2016 to February 2021.
“The Narayanasamy government turned Puducherry into an ATM for the Gandhi family. They openly auctioned PG and diploma seats and even sold seats reserved for SCs and STs to rich people for money. Transport mafias were given free rein to trouble the public,” Shah said at a public meeting in Puducherry’s Karaikal.The former BJP president added that the Congress leader’s tenure as chief minister was marked by “corruption and chaos”, which the BJP – part of the current government led by the All India NR Congress – has worked to eradicate.He also emphasized that the saffron party’s focus is now on transforming Puducherry into a developed union territory in the next five years.“For five years, the Congress government has created an atmosphere of corruption and chaos here. In five years, we eradicated corruption and transformed chaos into order, and now it’s time to transform Puducherry into a developed Puducherry in the next five years. Earlier decisions about Puducherry were taken by the Gandhi family in Delhi, now decisions about Puducherry are being taken by themselves.”Noting that the BJP-All India NR Congress alliance got 44% of the votes in the 2021 Puducherry Assembly elections, he had set a target of 60% for the upcoming elections expected in April.“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has worked to make India prosperous as well as safe. The people of Puducherry have expressed their faith in NDA, BJP, and our leader N Rangaswamy and PM Modi. In the 2021 assembly elections, the people of Puducherry gave us 44% votes. This time, the alliance of BJP, AINRC and AIADMK added 6% secured votes.(with ANI input)
