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Stormy session likely in Puducherry

PUDUCHERRY: The fourth session of the 12th Assembly of Puducherry, beginning on Wednesday is likely to be stormy with the Opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and some alliance partners of the ruling Congress, including the Pattali Makkal Katchi and the Communist Party of India, deciding to raise “commissions and omissions” of the Government.

According to official sources, the Government may give top priority to move a Bill in the Assembly to replace the Puducherry Value Added Tax Ordinance 2007 with an Act. “It is obligatory for the Government to do so in view of the seriousness of the issue,” they point out.

Among the Congress’s allies, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which has expressed “displeasure over the treatment meted out by the ruling party,” is yet to reveal its strategy for the session.

The Pattali Makkal Katchi is likely to raise the demand for separate reservation for the minorities in education and employment. The PMK and the CPI, another ally of the Congress, are likely to highlight “impending financial crisis.”

The CPI, according to party sources, is also likely to stress the need for urgent measures to arrest price rise, modernise textile mills, disburse dole for educated unemployed youth and distribute free colour television sets.

The AIADMK has accused the Government of attempting to make the session a “ritual.” Criticising the “undemocratic” administration, it alleged that MLAs were “kept in the dark” about the duration of the session and issues to be taken up for discussion. The party urged the Speaker to convene a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee. It sought the intervention of the Lieutenant Governor to ensure that the session lasted a week to enable the members to express their views on various issues. The AIADMK has given notice for a calling attention motion on issues such as “deterioration” of law and order, spread of dengue and problems in distribution of free saris and dhotis for Deepavali. The party has made it clear that it will not boycott the session, though it will register its protest in the House.

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