Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Wednesday asked the Center to constitute independent investigation and vigilance agency following a surge in investment.

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Taking to Twitter, Bedi drew the attention of both President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the issue.

Puducherry is seeing a surge in investmt. To ensure Fin/ADM integrity it urgently needs a branch of HC,CBI,Indp CVO @RashtrapatiBhvn @PMOIndia, she tweeted.

Posting few reports published in the leading daily, Bedi stated that a union territory is the responsibility of the Center and it must get social audits of its administration and financial management.

A UT is a responsibility of the Central Government even if it has an elected assembly. GOI must get social audits of ts ADM & Financial Management, she added.

Recently, the former IPS officer had stated that her office had written to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) demanding a probe into the alleged scam in the admission of post-graduate students under the government quota in the union territory.

Bedi also urged to constitute a bench of Madras High Court in the region to deal with public interest litigations (PILs) and other issues.