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The AIADMK, successful a memorandum to Vice-President of India C.P. Radhakrishnan, has sought contiguous steps to assistance Statehood to Puducherry.
AIADMK caput A. Anbalagan led a delegation that handed implicit the memorandum to the Vice-President during his sojourn to Puducherry connected Monday (December 29, 2025).
“Statehood is simply a long-pending request of the Union Territory. If the Government of India is not inclined to springiness Statehood immediately, it can, astatine best, bring astir an amendment to the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, to springiness much powers, some successful administrative and fiscal matters, to the elected assembly of Ministers,” the memorandum stated.
Mr. Anbalagan said that successful 2007, a abstracted nationalist relationship was established for Puducherry. At the time, the Puducherry authorities had astir ₹2,600 crore successful outstanding debt.
“It is customary to waive specified bequest loans erstwhile starting a caller account. However, contempt repeated requests from the government, this bequest indebtedness has not been waived. As a result, Puducherry’s full indebtedness load present exceeds ₹13,000 crore. The yearly fiscal assistance provided by the Central authorities to Puducherry is wholly consumed by involvement payments connected the existing loan. Considering Puducherry’s fiscal crisis, the Centre should astatine slightest waive the bequest loan,” helium said.
Being a Union Territory, Puducherry is not covered nether the Finance Commission. It whitethorn beryllium pertinent to enactment that the 15th Finance Commission has allocated 1% of gross from the cardinal resources excavation to Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir Union Territories. The AIADMK has requested the Vice-President to instrumentality steps to see Puducherry, arsenic had been done successful the cases of Ladakh and J&K.
The AIADMK besides flagged the inordinate hold successful implementing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, successful the Union Territory.
Stringent directions to backstage aesculapian colleges to merchandise 50% of MBBS seats to the authorities quota, the withdrawal of determination to privatise powerfulness organisation successful the U.T., and the enlargement of the Puducherry airdrome were the different demands.
