MP V. Vaithilingam said on Wednesday that Chief Minister N. Rangasamy has failed to get additional funding from the Center despite being in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Addressing a press conference here, the senior Congress leader said the assembly election campaign by the NDA in the Union Territory was centered on the idea that the people of the Union Territory would benefit if the Center and Puducherry were governed by the same political formation. Is. But nothing special happened to prove it, he alleged.
Mr Vaithilingam said he had raised a question on rain aid in Parliament, Minister of State for Home Nityananda Rai replied that the November rains caused two deaths, 72 livestock losses, 346 houses, huts and crops damaged . In the Union Territory of 4,040 hectares.
Mr Rai said that on the basis of the report of the Inter-Ministerial Central Team, additional financial assistance would be considered as per the established procedure. “During the current financial year, an amount of ₹5 crore has been released to Puducherry under the Union Territory Disaster Response Fund,” Mr Vaithilingam quoted the Union Minister as saying.
The amount released was a nominal considering the damage, he said, adding that the chief minister should state how much relief assistance was sought from the Centre. “The amount released will not be of any help in view of the loss. Looking at our economic condition, the Chief Minister should tell how the government is planning to provide assistance to the people. “The Chief Minister should fight for the rights of the Union Territory. They should have bargained for additional money to give the seat to the BJP,” Mr Vaithilingam said.
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