Hitting out against Mayawati for depriving the poor of the benefits of central sponsored welfare schemes, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has said her ministers looted MNREGA money meant for providing employment to the poor. MNREGA has benefited the poor in all Congress (I) ruled states while in UP her ministers looted the money leaving nothing for the poor, said Rahul Gandhi while campaigning in the poll bound state. A few instances will highlight the misdeeds of her government on this account. One and a half lakh calendars in the name of MNREGA @ Rs 31/- each were purchased. What for? Certainly they were not for the poor. Tents of Rs. 80 lakhs and first-aid boxes of lakhs were again purchased. Even toys of Rs. 37 lakhs were purchased. In yet other case laptops were purchased from MNREGA money while poor were denied employment under the scheme. Highlighting that Mayawati’s has no real sympathy with dalits, Rahul Gandhi, urged the people to show her the door. He appealed the people to vote this time for Congress (I) and promised that a government of the poor by Congress (I) would ensure that the benefits of welfare scheme reach them.
Rahul Gandhi has been leading the Congress campaign in the poll bound Uttar Pradesh which is going to polls in February 2012.
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