Patna, September 05: Senior BJP leader Kiran Ghai today lambasted Rahul Gandhi for his accusations during his election meetings in Bihar that central funds did not reach the targeted people in the state, saying the Congress leader had no knowledge of the country’s federal structure.
“It appears that the AICC general secretary has no knowledge of the federal structure and distribution of resources between the Centre and the state,” Ghai said in a statement here.
Instead of making a sweeping remark, Rahul Gandhi should have praised the efforts of the NDA government for bringing the state’s economy back on the rails, the the party’s national vice-president said.
Bihar’s plan outlay in 2001-02 was a meagre Rs 1,471 crore but rose to Rs 20,000 crore in the fifth year of Nitish Kumar’s regime, Ghai, also a Bihar MLC, said adding the state repaired 1.
–Agencies