Puducherry,Oct 29 (PTI) More than 200 AIADMK workers, ledby an MLA, were briefly detained when they tried to stage ablack flag demonstration against Puducherry Lt Governor KiranBedi to protest against what they called as 'unproductive'field visits.
Bedi had cycled to Muthialpet constituency to ascertainamenities available for the people and to ascertain the statusof the yet to be inaugurated market complex there.
AIADMK MLA Vayyapuri Manikandan, who represents theconstituency,held up a bottle of 'contaminated' drinking wateras he and the workers raised slogans against Bedi, demandingthat she go back, saying there was no use of her visiting thearea without ameliorating the amenities for the people.
An unfazed Bedi, cycled past the agitators, entered themarket complex to see for herself the progress of work there.
Police said the MLA and the party workers were taken intocustody and later released.
Later, speaking to reporters, Manikandan said he intendedto focus on the drinking water problem in his constituency.
Though a project to make available purified water wassanctioned, the Lt Governor intervened and prevented thedrinking water project from being implemented, he alleged.
He also claimed that residents of Muthialpet were irkedover the 'negative stand' of Bedi on all developmental worksand so a protest was staged against her.
Later, AIADMK MLAs presented a memorandum to Speaker VVaithilingam at his office, accusing the Superintendent ofPolice S Venkatasamy of reventing them from focussing onissues in the constituency during Bedi's visit.
The memorandum demanded action against the SP for allegedbreach of privilege of the legislator.
Anbalagan later told reporters that the Speaker hadassured them that necessary action would be taken by referringthe petition to the Privileges Committee. PTI COR APRAPR.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.