Puducherry Minister R Kamalakannan Forced to Travel in Bus After Petrol Pump Refuses to Fill Fuel in His Car Citing Pending Dues; Watch Video

Puducherry, January 4: In a bizarre incident, Puducherry Agriculture Minister R Kamalakannan was forced to travel by bus to attend the cabinet meeting on Friday after his vehicle was denied diesel at a petrol pump. According to a tweet by ANI, Kamalakannan travelled by a bus from Karaikal to Puducherry after a Cooperative’s petrol station refused to fill fuel in his car in view of alleged pending dues from government departments. Reports inform taht total of Rs 2.5 crore is pending from government departments for petrol and diesel supplied to government vehicles.

According to reports, when the Minister's car went to fill up diesel from the petrol pump of government cooperative Amudhasurabhi on the ECR, the workers at the petrol pump refused for it citing pending dues. A report by the New Indian Express stated that Amudhasurabhi has decided against providing diesel to government vehicles from January 2 till pending dues are cleared by the respective departments on the orders of its Managing Director. Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy Hits Out at Centre, Says 'Declare Us as Transgenders'; Watch Video.

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Jothiraj, Managing Director, Amudhasurabhi was quoted in the report saying that the office of the council of ministers alone has dues of Rs 50 lakh pending for the last four months. The official further added saying that other dues for general stores run by Amudhasurabhi amounting to Rs 5.32 crore are yet to be settled.

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