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Ahead of the sojourn of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Puducherry connected Friday for campaigning for April 9 polls, the Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee has posed a situation to the Central authorities connected the Union Territory’s request for Statehood.
Addressing a property league astatine the PPCC office, MP and party’s campaigner for Thattanchavady constituency V. Vaithilingam connected Thursday said Chief Minister and AINRC laminitis N. Rangasamy has made a request to Mr. Modi for Statehood erstwhile helium visited Puducherry past period for a authorities event.
The Chief Minister portion addressing the gathering successful the beingness of Prime Minister had demanded Statehood for Puducherry. The Prime Minister should respond to the request during his sojourn to Puducherry for BJP’s Assembly predetermination run connected Friday, helium said.
Recalling the connection made by the Chief Minister successful the Assembly of boycotting the Assembly elections connected the contented of Statehood, the Congress person said Mr. Rangasamy should instrumentality a determination connected boycotting elections if the Prime Minister failed to positively respond to his demand.
“The Congress enactment is challenging the Prime Minister to respond to the request made by the Chief Minister. If Mr. Rangasamy takes a determination connected boycotting the elections, the Congress volition widen enactment to the Chief Minister,” helium said.
AICC wide caput Mukul Wasnik, who was contiguous astatine the property conference, said the NDA authorities successful Puducherry has failed to present connected the promises. “The BJP has promised Statehood for Puducherry successful the 2021 polls but aft 5 years the assurance remained unfulfilled,” helium said.
