"This has brought down the image of Puducherry very much", he said speaking at a meeting by lawyers owing allegiance to the NDA nominee R Radhakrishnan.
"As representative of Puducherry during the last nearly two decades during his tenure as LS and RS member, Narayanasamy has not done anything useful for the development of Puducherry", Rangasamy said.
"Even after becoming a Minister in the UPA government Narayanasamy had not initiated steps for waiver of the accumulated loan of Rs 5000 crore due to Puducherry from the Centre", he alleged.
Puducherry would gain a significant recognition if NDA came to power after the Lok Sabha polls, he said.
Narayanasamy had even opposed Puducherry Assembly's resolution pleading statehood to the Union Territory by taking a stand that statehood with special category status alone would do good, he said.
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