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Bedi pats govtfor 'full budget' after five years

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Press Trust of India Puducherry
Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi today welcomed the "full budget" presented by Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, also in charge of the finance portfolio.

"Puducherry gets a full budget after a gap of five years, a long time in financial governance of a State and unfair to people," she tweeted.

Narayanasamy had presented a tax free budget earlier in the day in the assembly, amid protests by opposition AIADMK that contents of the budget had been leaked ahead of its presentation.

AIADMK had submitted a memorandum to Bedi seeking her intervention and dismissal of the government for "violation of oath of secrecy.

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First Published: Aug 29 2016 | 9:07 PM IST

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