Actress Rekha gives Rs 2.5 cr from her MP funds to Rae Bareli
Lucknow
November 1, 2017
Veteran Bollywood actress and Rajya Sabha member Rekha has
given Rs 2.5 crore from her MPLAD funds to Rae Bareli, the parliamentary
constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, an official said on Wednesday.
The funds are being used for construction of roads, supply of water and
putting up of new transformers for better electricity supply.
Officials
said that so far they have received Rs 1.06 crore from the Rs 1.42 crore
sanctioned from the funds of Rekha Ganeshan, and the remaining will come when
the utilization certificate of the projects undertaken by these funds are
submitted.
According to a source close to the Congress president and
looking after her work in Rae Bareli, it is not unusual for any Rajya Sabha MP
to give funds to the constituency of his or her choice. The source added that
the actress herself had met Sonia Gandhi and expressed her desire to spend her
MPLAD fund at Rae Bareli.
So far, work that has been done by this fund
includes installation of solar lights, construction of interlocking and Cement
Concrete roads.
Rekha was nominated as member of the Upper House in April
2012 by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) II regime. Her tenure
as Rajya Sabha member expires on April 26, 2018.
Lucknow
November 1, 2017
Veteran Bollywood actress and Rajya Sabha member Rekha has
given Rs 2.5 crore from her MPLAD funds to Rae Bareli, the parliamentary
constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, an official said on Wednesday.
The funds are being used for construction of roads, supply of water and
putting up of new transformers for better electricity supply.
Officials
said that so far they have received Rs 1.06 crore from the Rs 1.42 crore
sanctioned from the funds of Rekha Ganeshan, and the remaining will come when
the utilization certificate of the projects undertaken by these funds are
submitted.
According to a source close to the Congress president and
looking after her work in Rae Bareli, it is not unusual for any Rajya Sabha MP
to give funds to the constituency of his or her choice. The source added that
the actress herself had met Sonia Gandhi and expressed her desire to spend her
MPLAD fund at Rae Bareli.
So far, work that has been done by this fund
includes installation of solar lights, construction of interlocking and Cement
Concrete roads.
Rekha was nominated as member of the Upper House in April
2012 by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) II regime. Her tenure
as Rajya Sabha member expires on April 26, 2018.
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