Congress lashed out at Mayawati for her utter ignorance towards the drought-hit Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh.
Blaming her for not undertaking development of Bundelkhand, Congress (I) has said that Mayawati has deliberately neglected this region. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi also had said that she neglected to undertake development activities in the region despite huge central funds were made available.
“Mayawati has been taking the excuse of lack of funds for the development. But GAC report has exposed her on this count. The report has pointed that state government could not even utilized 10% of the special package sanctioned by Centre for integrated development of Bundelkhand” said a Congress spoke person. This region is rich in mineral resources, Congress (I) said. For instance while the state’s mining department outlay for 2010-11was only Rs 16 crore it generated revenue of Rs 838 crore, it said. This itself shows that Mayawati has been exploiting this region and keeping it underdeveloped. This is the situation when there are plenty of funds for undertaking development and welfare activities for the poor, said Congress (I),
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