Accusing Mayawati of for alarming unemployment in the state, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has said that Mayawati government has been misusing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Scheme (MNREGA) funds. This scheme is a flagship program of Congress (I)-led UPA government at the Centre, he said. Rahul Gandhi asserted that it is a poverty alleviation program meant to generate guaranteed minimum 100 days employment for rural people including artisans, landless laborers and women. Rahul Gandhi also said it puts money directly in the pocket of poor. Each so employed person gets 100 days of employment at the rate of Rs. 120/- per day which works out to Rs 12,000 for a year. But the money is not reaching the poor; it was pocketed by ministers of Mayawati, alleged the Congress General Secretary. Leftover money was spent by government on items like buying toys, tents, calendars, laptops and paying transportation charges, he said. This demonstrates that Mayawati government is not interested in the welfare of the poor people, said Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi has been spearheading the Congress campaign in the poll bound Uttar Pradesh where the assembly elections will be held in February 2012.
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