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Pay attention to your scam-ridden party, Mayawati tells Sonia
Source:IANS Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 15:04
Lucknow: Sonia Gandhi should pay attention to her own party that was
"full of scams", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said Friday
while hitting out at the Congress president for her remarks on
"rampant corruption" in the state.
In a statement issued a day after Gandhi's rally in Allahabad,
Mayawati lashed out at her for sweeping remarks against the working of
the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government in Uttar Pradesh.
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"It is high time Sonia Gandhi started paying attention to her own
party that is full of scams. Let her put her own house in order before
pointing fingers at us," Mayawati said.
"The nation is today paying the price for corruption at all levels in
the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government," she alleged, and
added that "there are more skeletons to tumble out of the cupboard".
Taking strong exception to Gandhi's charge about "misappropriation"
and "pilferage" of funds released by the central government for
various development schemes, Mayawati said: "The truth is that that
the Congress-led UPA government has not been giving us the required
funds.
"Soon after the formation of our government in 2007, we had sought a
special financial package of Rs.80,000 crore for the overall
development of Uttar Pradesh's most backward Bundelhand and Purvanchal
regions but not a penny was given by the centre so far."
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She gave several other examples of the financial demands pending with
the union government.
Alleging "step-motherly treatment" by the central government, the
chief minister claimed: "As against the state's total dues of
Rs.34,083 crore, the centre had yet to release anything beyond
Rs.16,414 crore."
She also blamed New Delhi for deliberately holding back its clearance
for an international airport near Greater Noida. Besides, she accused
the Manmohan Singh government for delaying allocation of coal blocks
that was adversely affecting power generation in the state.
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In her speech at Allahabad, Gandhi had said corruption in Uttar
Pradesh was "rampant at all levels, law and order is at its lowest
ebb, thereby creating an environment where people are not safe and the
common man is oppressed".
Highlighting the central government's serious concern about
development, Gandhi added that funds released by the central
government towards various development schemes and projects had failed
to reach the intended beneficiaries due to large scale pilferage.
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