Do consult party on MPLAD fund: Amit Shah

NEW DELHI: Newly elected BJP president Amit Shah has informed BJP MPs that expenditure from their Local Area Development fund, will in future, be done in consultation with the party organisation, and keeping in mind priorities flagged by local feedback.

He made this announcement at the first ever meeting of the BJP parliamentary party to be addressed by him after he took over as BJP president which was held last Tuesday.

Shah made it very clear that this was one way to ensure that the party and MPs were on the same page when it came to developmental work. "Every district unit of the party has been told to form a committee which will co-ordinate with the local MP and flag areas where the finds could be used," said a source who was present at the meeting.

Each MP, both in the LS and the Rajya Sabha, gets Rs 5 crore per annum as a local area development fund.