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Congress person V. Narayanasamy has urged Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy to emulate the basal taken by his counterpart successful Tamil Nadu, C. Joseph Vijay, regarding the closure of respective liquor outlets successful the State and the contented of corruption.
“Mr. Rangasamy is known to beryllium adjacent to Mr. Vijay and recently, Tamil Nadu Minister N. Anand had met him astatine his residence. Just arsenic his counterpart had fixed a committedness during his swearing-in not to tolerate corruption, Mr. Rangasamy should instrumentality a vow not to let corruption nether the ticker of his Cabinet. We volition each admit a nationalist proclamation from him to region corruption from the Union Territory,” Mr. Narayanasamy said astatine a property league connected Monday (June 15, 2026).
He contended that enactment was being initiated successful Tamil Nadu against officers progressive successful corruption. Such administrative steps should beryllium taken successful Puducherry. Recently, a scam had surfaced successful the Excise Department connected the pricing of liquor by a company, helium said, adding that determination had been nary further departmental proceedings regarding the matter.
Mr. Rangasamy should instrumentality inspiration from Mr. Vijay connected the closure of TASMAC liquor outlets. Around 700 outlets functioning adjacent schools, colleges, spiritual places, and autobus stands were closed aft Mr. Vijay assumed office. In the past 5 years, resto bars and different liquor outlets person travel up successful ample numbers successful the UT, the Congress person said.
“The functioning of resto bars successful the municipality person resulted successful respective law-and-order issues. There has been complaints from residents connected the functioning of liquor outlets successful their locality. Mr. Rangasamy should bid the closure of each types of liquor outlets functioning successful residential areas, arsenic good arsenic adjacent acquisition institutions and spiritual places,” helium said.
Delay successful Ministy formation
Criticising Mr. Rangasamy implicit the hold successful forming a implicit Ministry successful the UT, the Congress person said the AINRC laminitis was besides “in the wont of delaying portfolio allocation.”
“More than a period has passed since Mr. Rangasamy assumed office. There is nary afloat Ministry yet. We are proceeding that 3 much Ministers are going to beryllium sworn successful connected June 17. During his erstwhile tenure, 1 Minister was allocated a portfolio 138 days aft assuming office, portion different completed his tenure without being assigned immoderate portfolio. He should not repetition this mistake. The Ministers should beryllium allocated portfolios immediately. There has been a implicit lack of governance implicit the past period due to the fact that of the hold successful the enactment of the Ministry,” helium said.
