Maya not co-operating in Amethi’s progress: Rahul

JAGDISHPUR: In Delhi on Monday to bargain over the special drought relief package with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati may not have been prepared for ominous rumblings coming her way from the home turf.

A normally reticent Rahul Gandhi sprang a surprise by joining a tirade unleashed by minister of heavy industries and public enterprises Vilas Rao Deshmukh and his junior colleague Arun Yadav against Behanji���s ������ pronounced bias against the Nehru-Gandhi belt������ .

The inaugural function of the centralised stamping unit at Bhel, Jagdishpur unit, turned to a Maya-bashing session with the trio training their guns at the CM and her professed ������ non-cooperation towards progress and prosperity in Rae Bareli and Amethi������ .

������ Rae Bareli, Amethi and Sultanpur are much more than mere UP constituencies .������ declared a highly charged Deshmukh. ������ They have provided leadership to the country and therefore it is our national duty to ensure their development.������

Even public wants special attention for the region, he claimed after having lodged a public complaint against the CM for putting on hold a Rs 3,000-crore project in Rahul���s constituency. The Centre had obtained environment clearance and deposited the money , which has been returned by the UP government, Deshmukh charged.

Rahul then claimed that the multi-crore project for setting up a paper mill in Jagdishpur was pushed on the back burner by an unsympathetic UP government.