New Delhi: The strained relationship between Congress-led Puducherry government and Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi took a further nosedive with the state party unit putting up posters which depict her as an infamous dictator, a blood-thirsty goddess and an unwanted leader. 

Bedi has tweeted the image of one such poster in which she is kitted out as Adolf Hitler, complete with signature toothbrush moustache. 

Some posters show Bedi being chased away, while another one portrays her as the goddess Kali with decapitated heads in her many hands. The posters, which Bedi describes as "one of a series", were put up across the city and shared on social media. 

A bandh was also observed on July 8 in Puducherry at the instance of these parties to protest against the ‘undemocratic’ style of functioning of the Lt Governor and the nomination of three BJP activists by the Centre without adhering to democratic procedures.

The parties also sought Bedi's ouster through the bandh and through the fast on July 7.

The posters were allegedly made by Congress party cadres to protest against the appointment of three MLAs by the LG without consulting the territorial government. 

The Union home ministry had appointed BJP's Puducherry chief V Saminathan, the party's treasurer K G Shankar and another functionary S Selvaganapathy as nominated legislators of the Puducherry Assembly. 

The three leaders were inducted by Bedi as members of the House on the night of July 4 at the Raj Nivas, triggering strong protest from the Congress, its alliance partner the DMK, the left parties and the VCK.