Puducherry sources have reported that the ruling Congress ministers and other leaders observed a day long fast on Friday to demand the ouster of Puducherry's Lt Governor Kiran Bedi. It was stated that Puducherry PCC president and PWD minister A Namassivayam, Welfare minister M Kandasamy and Industries minister MOHF Shahjahan, besides party MLAs, were among those on the dawn-to-dusk fast.
Meanwhile when addressing the protesters, the PCC leader said since Bedi assumed office in May last year, she had been "showing her true colors to embarrass the Congress government". Moreover the Congress leaders also appealed to traders and others to cooperate with a day-long bandh called by the DMK, left parties, VCK and other outfits to condemn the "undemocratic style of functioning" of the Lt Governor.
Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy termed her
action a "murder of democracy" and accused her of working like a
"BJP agent" and that
Bedi has, however, maintained that she had acted under the provisions of the Union Territories Act 1963 to induct the three members.
