Puducherry CM ends dharna after talks with Lt Governor Bedi

Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Monday ended his sit-in in after a meeting with Lt Governor Kiran Bedi, saying “partial success” was achieved on various demands.
V Narayanasamy hugs his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal as the latter arrives to support former‘s dharna outside the official residence of Lt Governor Kiran Bedi.
Narayanasamy was staging a dharna in front of the assembly, which entered its sixth day on Monday, over various demands such as increasing assistance under old age and widow pension schemes.
The chief minister also said he and his cabinet colleagues also suspended other agitations, including jail bharo and the fast slated for February 20 and 21.

“We are suspending all the agitations slated for the next two days against Kiran Bedi as we could score partial success on various public issues at the meeting we had with her,” Narayanasamy said.