Kiran Bedi hits back at Narayanasamy for asking Centre to declare Puducherry as 'transgender'

  • Snapping back at Puducherry Chief Minister for asking the Centre to declare the Union Territory as ransgender, Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi said that the central government is fully sensitive to the needs of its UT.
  • Bedi said that it is because of the Centre's clear, measurable and calibrated and monitored guidance and hand-holding that the Puducherry administration is being able to provide critical services to its people.
  • Asserting that the government is "fully sensitive" to the needs of its UT and constantly oversees it to ensure it serves comprehensively, Bedi said, "The onus on Puducherry administration also to plug all leakages and prioritise its expenditure to serve the real needy."
  • On Thursday, Narayanasamy had said that Puducherry is facing problems because of its unique position of being a union territory with a legislature and urged the Centre to find a solution soon.
  • "The government of India whenever it suits them treats us as per their convenience as a state or a union territory. We are neither here nor there. This is our position," he had said.

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