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Amit Shah presents President’s Colour to Puducherry Police
Union home minister Amit Shah presented the President's Colour to the Puducherry Police at the Armed Police Ground in Gorimedu on Sunday. The honour, announced by President Droupadi Murmu on May 8,…
The Story in Brief
Union home minister Amit Shah presented the President's Colour to the Puducherry Police at the Armed Police Ground in Gorimedu on Sunday. The honour, announced by President Droupadi Murmu on May 8, is the highest given to a military unit or state police force. Lt Governor K Kailashnathan, chief minister N Rangasamy and DGP Shalini Singh attended. In his speech, Shah said Puducherry had preserved its Indian identity despite French rule and highlighted criminal justice reforms. Greater Kashmir reports Shah claimed the Centre had provided ₹13,762 crore for Puducherry's development since 2014, nearly four times the ₹3,500 crore given between 1950 and 2014.
The Indian Opinion
The President's Colour is a genuine honour for any police force, and Puducherry Police's record deserves recognition. But Amit Shah used the ceremony to deliver a political speech, contrasting Centre's pre- and post-2014 spending. An ordinary reader might ask: are these numbers independently verifiable? The claims of ₹13,762 crore for development since 2014 should be tested against Puducherry's actual infrastructure and public services on the ground.
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, greaterkashmir.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
