Ms Soundararajan has additionally issued a discover to the officers involved.
Puducherry:
An occasion the place the visitors of honour have been sitting on the ground whereas the officers honouring them have been occupying many of the chairs has sparked an issue in Puducherry.
The Tribal Day Operate organised by the Puducherry authorities on the event of tribal icon Birsa Munda’s start anniversary on Wednesday was attended by the Union Territory’s Lieutenant Governor, Tamilisai Soundararajan, Chief Minister N Rangasamy, Speaker Embalam R Selvam and a number of other senior officers.
Movies confirmed a bit of tribal women and men sitting on the ground alongside the aisle. Some folks have been additionally seen strolling out in protest. One man was heard saying, ”They spent Rs 3 lakh on this operate. They might have constructed three homes for tribal households as an alternative.”
One other tribal man stated, ”You introduced us right here saying we can be given awards and that is the way you deal with us? That is humiliating.”
After movies of individuals sitting on the ground went viral, the Tribal Welfare Division, which organised the occasion, was slammed for insulting tribals. A number of folks on social media criticised what they known as a ”lack of social justice”.
Ms Soundararajan stated she had requested for chairs to be organized as quickly she came upon. She has additionally issued a discover to the involved officers.
”Quickly after I learnt about it, I requested officers to rearrange chairs for the folks sitting on the ground. Officers say that they had made correct preparations. I consider it’s not proper even when one individual was disrespected. I remorse this. How can this occur in my administration after I had organized chairs even for youngsters at earlier occasions? This should not have occurred,” the lieutenant governor stated.