Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Mayawati deprived poor the benefits of Central schemes: Rahul Gandhi


AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi while campaigning for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh flayed BSP Government for looting the funds sent by the Congress-led Government at the Centre to UP meant for the welfare of the poor.

Lashing out at Mayawati for large scale irregularities and scams in the Central schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MNREGA) and National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Rahul Gandhi said that Mayawati deprived the poor the benefits of these schemes. The Congress-led UPA sends money for addressing addressed the issues of the poor but these funds were swindled out by the BSP ministers, alleged the Congress leader. Rahul Gandhi said poor feel cheated by Mayawati government which claims to be working for them. Congress (I) leader highlighted that recently Union Minister Jayaram Ramesh had stated that there had been massive corruption in MGNREGS in UP and the Health Minister had also said that another Rs 3,000 crores were swindled from NRHM funds. Congress (I) leader said that people showed full confidence in BSP but she never cared for the poor. Suuport Congress to put an end to these state of affairs, said Rahul Gandhi.


 
This article is posted by pressbrief.in

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