Puducherry CM sleeps on road outside Kiran Bedi's home

PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy slept on the road outside Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi's residence in the latest case of power struggle between the Union Territory's Congress government and the former IPS officer. Narayanasamy tweeted pictures of him sleeping on the road, with a thin shawl as blanket. The protest was triggered was when Bedi's idea of making wearing helmets compulsory for motorists with immediate effect. Narayanasamy however, was against it and wants the rule to be implemented in a phased manner. He also demands that Kiran Bedi sanction for 39 government proposals, including a free rice scheme. “It is a conspiracy hatched by the Prime Minister using Kiran Bedi to create day-to-day problems for our government,” he said.