Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today accused left parties of failing to provide basic facilities like health and education and not utilising central funds for welfare schemes. "We have sent money for you from Delhi for implementing welfare programmes. But the state government did not implement them... Thousands of crores are left unutilised... Even 40 percent of the funds for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) were not utilised," Gandhi said at an election rally here, about 320 km from Kolkata.
Gandhi, who came in a helicopter about an hour and a half behind schedule to this tribal-dominated district, was given a cheerful welcome by thousands of supporters of the Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress. In an enthusiastic mood, Gandhi waved at people as he walked from the helipad to the stage on Sainik School Ground, 10 km from Purulia town. Claiming the state government had not managed to give enough work to people in Purulia, he said: "There are 400,000 NREGA cards in Purulia, but only 950 people got 100 days' work."
Gandhi, who came in a helicopter about an hour and a half behind schedule to this tribal-dominated district, was given a cheerful welcome by thousands of supporters of the Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress. In an enthusiastic mood, Gandhi waved at people as he walked from the helipad to the stage on Sainik School Ground, 10 km from Purulia town. Claiming the state government had not managed to give enough work to people in Purulia, he said: "There are 400,000 NREGA cards in Purulia, but only 950 people got 100 days' work."
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