Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy Friday charged the NDA government at the Centre with "inflicting misery and hardship" on the people through "injurious policies" like the demonetisation.
Criticising the NDA rule, he said it has caused "havoc" and welfare of the downtrodden and the have nots has been pushed to the background.
Narayanasamy was addressing party workers at the celebration of the founding day of the Congress at the PCC office here.
Referring to the implementation of various welfare schemes in Puducherry by present government headed by him, the Chief Minister said, "the negative stand of Lt Governor Kiran Bediimpeded implementation of decisions of the cabinet."
"We decided to distribute Pongal gift hampers for all ration card holders.
But Kiran Bedi returned the file and insisted that only families coming under 'below poverty line' should be covered and this was one such example where the government was put to embarrassing predicament," he alleged.
The Congress government has been at loggerheads with Bedi over various administrative matters.
Later, Narayanasamy, PCC president, Ministers, legislators and delegates of different wings of the ruling Congresspaid floral tributes at the portraits and statues of various leaders here marking the celebration of the 134th founding of the Congress today.
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