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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has requested Chief Minister N. Rangasamy to supply ₹5,000 each to each ration cardholders successful the Union Territory arsenic Pongal gift.
A delegation of BJP leaders, including Home Minister A. Namassivayam, Speaker R. Selvam and enactment president V. P. Ramalingam met Mr. Rangasamy successful his enclosure connected Thursday and submitted a representation, demanding currency assistance to ration cardholders. Chief Minister’s All India N. R. Congress is moving a conjugation authorities successful Puducherry with BJP arsenic a conjugation spouse successful the Ministry.
Mr. Ramalingam, successful the representation, said the National Democratic Alliance authorities had initiated respective payment and improvement programmes aft coming to powerfulness successful Puducherry successful 2021.
“Under your enactment [Mr. Rangasamy’s] we person initiated respective bully schemes, and the payment programmes person earned america the spot of the radical successful the Union Territory. As a continuation of bully governance, the BJP requests the Chief Minister to supply ₹5,000 arsenic Pongal acquisition to cardholders,” helium said successful the representation.
Mr. Rangasamy, successful his enactment with reporters connected Wednesday, had indicated the government’s volition to disburse currency arsenic Pongal assistance to ration cardholders. However, helium did not specify the magnitude the authorities was considering arsenic Pongal gift.
Government sources said discussions were successful the last stages astatine the administrative level earlier an announcement would beryllium made.
