Nomination of 3 MLAs to Pondy Assembly in keeping with statute : Bedi
- Kiran Bedi said an unnecessary hue and cry was being made
- The Speaker of the Assembly V Vaithilingam had said his office had no information from about their nomination
- Chief Minister V Narayanasamy had termed the swearing-in of the three members as "murder of democracy”
FollowLt Governor Kiran Bedi has said the three BJP MLAs were nominated to the Puducherry Assembly in keeping with the statute and an unnecessary issue had been created over the matter.
"Nomination of the three members was done truly in keeping with the statue. An unnecessary issue has, however, been raised and it should be avoided," she told media persons on the sidelines of an event organised by the National Cadet Corps in Puducherry.
The L-G had on July 4 inducted the three members – V Saminathan, BJP's Puducherry unit president, K G Shankar (its treasurer) and S Selvaganapathy (an educationist) – as nominated members into the Puducherry Assembly, following an order by the Union Home Ministry.
They were sworn-in as members at a ceremony at Raj Nivas on the night of July 4 after Speaker V Vaithilingam had said his office had no information from about their nomination.
The induction of the three members by the Lt Governor had drawn flak from the ruling Congress and its alliance partner DMK, besides a few other political parties. Chief Minister V Narayanasamy had termed the swearing-in of the three members as "murder of democracy" and accused Bedi of working like a "BJP agent".
