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Mayawati stalling central schemes: Sonia
TNN | Feb 15, 2012, 03.06AM IST
Sonia Gandhi lashed out at the successive non-Congress governments in
the state over the past 20 years for the sorry plight of UP and held
Congress as the only viable alternative to take it to development
trail.
LUCKNOW: Rae Bareli turned out to be the hottest political destination
on Tuesday with an avalanche of top leaders including its MP and
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, his
predecessor Rajnath Singh, and Samajwadi Party state president
Akhilesh Yadav trying to charm the voters.
Accompanied by daughter Priyanka, Sonia Gandhi made her first
appearance in her constituency at the poll time. In her brief and
brisk address, the Congress president lashed out at the successive
non-Congress govern-ments in the state over the past 20 years for the
sorry plight of UP and held Congress as the only viable alternative to
take it to development trail.
Targeting Mayawati in particular for 'swindling Rs 1 lakh crore sent
by the Central government for funding various projects', Sonia said:
"while the Centre had never differentiated in allocation of funds to
UP, the Maya regime has done its utmost to hamper its flagship schemes
by creating hurdles at every step."
Ahost of schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme MNREGS, Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY),
National Rural Health Mission NRHM etc have failed to benefit the
people because the money sent for its implementation was siphoned by
the corrupt regime, she charged. Zeroing in on the long-standing
tussle over the Lalaganj rail coach factory which finally ended up in
a massive showdown between the BSP and Congress, Sonia smelled a
conspiracy to deprive residents of family constituencies of Amethi and
Rae Bareli of employment opportunity.
Apart from the BSP, BJP and SP governments also failed to provide good
governance in UP which has seen practically no development over the
last two decades, she alleged. The Congress president exhorted the
audience to rise above the caste and religion-based politics
propagated by other political parties and strengthen the hands of
Congress.
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