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SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : Mr. Speaker, Sir, not a single road has been sanctioned in Uttar Pradesh during the year 2000-2001. I don’t know the reasons therefor. The roads which had been sanctioned in the year 2002-2003 were constructed but I don’t know the number thereof. During his visit to Jaiprakash Nagar last year on 11th October hon. Prime Minister had publicly announced that the village of Shri Jaiprakashji and all the small adjoining villages would be connected to roads but not even a meter long road has been constructed. Even the Government of Uttar Pradesh submitted a draft proposal with the centre and I had sent one copy of that draft to the Prime Minister’s office but nothing has been done so far in this regard. I have even more important question to ask which is different from it. National Highway between Ghazipur to Hajipur is almost complete in Uttar Pradesh. An approach road in Uttar Pradesh has been constructed but no approach road has been constructed in Bihar due to which the bridge is lying unused for the last 6 months. Government of Bihar has not even bothered to provide one kilogram of sand to construct that approach road. I would like to know whether the Government are aware of it? National Highway is a different subject but my second question is as to why not even a single road has been approved for Uttar Pradesh during 2000-2001? Secondly why no work has taken place in regard to providing connectivity to every village of Jaiprakash Nagar as was publicly announced by hon. Prime Minister?

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I request you to refer to the Statement that the Minister has laid on the Table of the House? If there is some additional Statement, that shouid be brought before the House. This is not the way to say that “I cannot accept it”. There is no name of UP in 2000-2001. I do not ask questions without any purpose.

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : Sir, I am on a Point of Order. No statement can be made in this House without the authorisation of an officer not below the Joint Secretary level. If this has been made, and inadvertently a totally false statement is being laid on the Table of the House,somebody should be hauled up for this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry of say this. I am not accustomed to say a thing without any basis. The Minister immediately gets up and says that what Mr. Chandra Shekhar says, he does not agree with it : it is not true. He is giving a wrong statement. He is accusing me that I have said something false in the House.

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : This is not the level which is expected of him.