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Kiran Bedi removed as Lt. Governor of Puducherry

Last night, Kiran Bedi was removed from the post of Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry. It happened in the middle of the crisis in the ruling Congress government in the union territory. She thanked the government stating her time spent during the tenure as “life-time experience”.

“I thank the Government of India for a life-time experience in serving Puducherry, as its Lt Governor,” she said. “Team Raj Niwas” worked diligently to serve larger public interest, Ms Bedi said.

“Thank all those who were a part my journey as Lt Governor of Puducherry-The People of Puducherry and all the Public officials,” Ms Bedi, 71, tweeted this morning.

Ms Bedi’s removal is seen as a political move by the BJP to negate their rivals’ primary campaign platform and further weaken them ahead of the assembly election in May.

Ms Bedi was working as Lieutenant-Governor till late Tuesday evening and reviewing the COVID-19 vaccination drive in the union territory and issuing directions for bringing in police force and sanitation workers in the frontline worker category for the inoculation.

Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, who has been at disagreement with her ever since her appointment in Puducherry, called her removal as a “victory for the people”.

After the resignation, the MLA’s of both the government and the opposition became equal at 14.