Tamil version of ex-Pondy L-G Kiran Bedi’s new book released
Former Lt Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi on Monday released the Tamil version of her book ‘Fearless Governance’ and the first copy of the book was received by Mariazeena Johnson, Chancellor, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology.
The book deals with Kiran Bedi’s tenure as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. The book was translated and vetted by Shivani Arora and Sabarinathan from Puducherry.
The royalties from the sale of the book will be donated to two NGOs ‘India Vision’ and ‘Navjyoti India Foundation.’
After releasing the book, Kiran Bedi recalled the steps taken by her in Puducherry
to reclaim water bodies. “When I took charge as Lt Governor there were no funds with the Puducherry government for desilting water bodies and so with the help of the donors undertook desilting works. The groundwater table which was going at 3 feet below every year was increased to seven feet surplus when I was the Lt Governor,” said Kiran Bedi.
Theva Neethi Dhas, retired IAS officer and former secretary to Kiran Bedi in Puducherry, recalled the incident of Central government nominating three MLAs to Puducherry legislative Assembly.
“According to the Union Territories Act, the Centre has the authority to nominate three MLAs and they nominated all three from their party which did not go well with the Congress party which was ruling back then. As the Congress government refused to administer the pledge for the three nominated MLAs Kiran Bedi using her powers under the UT Act administered pledge. The incident has been recorded in detail in the book,” said Dhas.