NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief on Tuesday launched a pointy assault on Puducherry CM, calling him a “puppet”, claiming that actual authority within the union territory is within the fingers of the lieutenant governor.Addressing an election rally, MK Stalin accused the Heart of undermining democratic governance in Puducherry by permitting the lieutenant governor to train “extreme and overriding powers,” leaving the elected authorities sidelined. He argued that, regardless of having an meeting and an elected chief minister, key administrative selections are successfully managed by the Centre’s consultant.“The chief minister is unable to train the powers entrusted to him by the individuals. As an alternative, the lieutenant governor has change into ‘all in all,” Stalin stated, alleging that this imbalance has weakened governance and accountability.The DMK president additional introduced up the long-pending demand of full statehood for Puducherry. He asserts that such a standing will redirect the authority to the elected authorities and forestall it from what he describes as “backseat governance” by the centrally appointed official.He additionally criticized the BJP-led Centre, underneath PM Narendra Modi, for failing to handle the demand regardless of repeated resolutions handed by the Puducherry meeting. In response to Stalin, the present association has led to administrative inefficiencies and coverage paralysis.Framing the upcoming elections as a referendum on governance, Stalin urged voters to reject what he referred to as a “energy imbalance” and help a change that will make sure the chief minister is now not “lowered to a symbolic function.”