Puducherry CM N Rangasamy meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, pleads for central assistance

PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy has met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and urged them to ensure that the Union Territory was provided abundant assistance for its development.

Rangasamy, who was in Delhi yesterday to finalise Puducherry's Annul Plan for 2012-13 with Planning Commission officials, met Gandhi and the Prime Minister, an official release here said today.

He sought their cooperation for sanction of copious assistance for Puducherry.

He also informed them of the support of his party AINRC to the UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee.

The release said Rangasamy also met Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy and the Union Energy Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and urged them to ensure sufficient natural gas for the power plant operated by Puducherry Governmen in Karaikal.

The Planning Commission has pegged the allocation to Puducherry at Rs 3,000 crores for the fiscal 2012-13.