A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi dubbed her government as "non-operational", Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday hit back accusing the UPA government of being responsible for the state's dismal power scenario and released a "white paper" on the issue.
Answering Rahul's dig at installation of statues and memorials by her government, she claimed the money spent for them had not affected development work and the expenditure for these constructions was just a "fraction" of what was spent for Raj Ghat, memorial for Mahatma Gandhi, in Delhi.
On the charge of lack of development specially those levelled by Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati told reporters in Lucknow that she has asked her officials to send a copy of a booklet containing details of development works undertaken by her government to all Congress MP's and MLA's starting from "the prince of Congress".
"After reading this booklet, Rahul Gandhi, instead of blaming BSP, would start blaming Congress, though in his heart", she said.
The white paper on power titled "Who is responsible for the poor and dismal power situation in Uttar Pradesh" has "stated facts proving how Congress and leaders of other parties were taking recourse in lies to tarnish the image of the state government", Mayawati said.
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