Karaikal, Feb. 14 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the former Puducherry government led by Congress' V Narayanasamy of turning the Union Territory into an "ATM for the Gandhi family."

He alleged that the administration sold PG and diploma seats, including those reserved for SC and ST candidates, to wealthy individuals.

Addressing a public meeting in Karaikal in Puducherry, Shah said, "Narayanasamy's government had turned Puducherry into an ATM for the Gandhi family... They openly auctioned PG and diploma seats and even sold the reserved seats for SC and ST to wealthy individuals for the sake of money... Transport mafias were given free rein to trouble the public."

Shah said that the five years of Congress rule in Pu...