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PCC has little influence on Govt.

By Our Staff Reporter

Pondicherry May 29. Though there is a coordination committee constituted by the AICC to act as a bridge between the ruling Congress and the Government to ensure implementation of the promises made in the election manifesto, one gets an impression that not much influence can be exercised by the party on the decision-making.

For instance the relentless efforts were made by the PCC president, V. Narayanasamy, to ensure that the Administration announced Pondicherry also a drought-hit pocket. But applying the ground realities and the set parameters the Chief Minister who never reacts to any of the suggestions or comments from the party leader had maintained that certain aspects must be considered before taking a decision.

He was maintaining that Karaikal had a different picture and hence the Government came out with a declaration that Karaikal, a Cauvery fed area had been hit by drought.

But Pondicherry which depended on groundwater for irrigation had not qualified for any grim situation, the Chief Minister felt and did not make any announcement.

In between Pondicherry also experienced rain, dampening the intensity of plea by the PCC leader.

The Chief Minister does not also want to go on record immediately to the pleas that there should be indirect election of chairmen for the municipalities the election for which might be held `before September'.

Mr. Rangasamy has said that he would convene a meeting with leaders of parties to take decisions on such important issues. Thus he has given the incidental impression that a detailed debate was necessary before a decision was taken.

The party leadership has been urging on several other counts that the Government should ensure that the quota of seats in professional colleges for free seats and payment seats should be at 50:50 pattern. Any decision taken in the preceding year should not be repeated for the current academic year. Even for this no firm decision had been announced by the Government.

Generally schemes governed by guidelines and norms should not make any shift lest they should get derailed.

This approach seems to be governing Mr. Rangasamy who has completed two years in office.

He is perhaps luckier than any of his predecessors as after 1991 the Union territory now has a single party rule and whenever there was coalition government there was lack of cohesion and every minute was a challenge to the head of the ministry.

With opposition parties also getting no `opportunity to criticise the government' going is not tough for the Chief Minister though he never makes himself scarce at any of the meetings organised by the party to have a politically critical look at the implementation of various schemes.

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