2. 5 lakh people joined AICC’s ‘Vote Chor-Gaddi Chod’ signature campaign in Puducherry, says PCC chief

Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee president V. Vaithilingam connected Friday said astir 2.5 lakh radical successful the Union Territory person joined the Indian National Congress’ ‘Vote Chor-Gaddi Chod’ nationwide signature run “to exposure the BJP’s electoral manipulation”.

Addressing a property conference, helium said the enactment nationalist enactment would collate the database of signatories crossed the state and taxable them to the President.

On the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rotation successful Puducherry, helium said the enactment had appealed to the Election Department to cancel the SIR successful the Union Territory. However, since the workout was nether way, the party’s Booth Level Agents (BLAs) would enactment successful coordination with Booth Level Officers of the Election Department, Mr. Vaithilingam said.

Vigilance probe

Asked astir the apprehension of erstwhile officials successful the Health Department successful transportation with acquisition of drugs during the tenure of erstwhile Congress government, helium said the procurement of substandard drugs successful usurpation of rules was a superior issue. “In fact, Malladi Krishna Rao who was handling the Health portfolio during the clip of the Congress authorities should besides beryllium probed,” Mr. Vaithilingam said.

Mr. Rao had resigned from the Cabinet during the fag extremity of the tenure of the Congress government. He aboriginal gave up his Yanam constituency for the AINRC laminitis and incumbent Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, to contention successful the 2021 Assembly polls. When the AINRC-BJP confederation came to power, the authorities appointed Mr. Rao arsenic its Special Representative to New Delhi. 

Mr. Vaithilingam said the AINRC-BJP authorities should present amusement courageousness to region Mr. Rao from the station and see him successful the vigilance probe. “Mr. Narayanasamy has travel guardant to look immoderate enquiry connected the cause procurement issue. Now, Mr. Rao should respond connected the issue,” helium said.