The unused MPLAD funds which can be spent to carry out several development works will lapse with the term of 15th Lok Sabha coming to an end in May. The unused MPLAD funds which can be spent to carry out several development works will lapse with the term of 15th Lok Sabha coming to an end in May.

The Delhi Congress unit boasts of the list of development projects that the party-led former state government had carried out in the National Capital, but documents accessed by Mail Today have revealed that Congress MPs from Delhi have failed miserably in utilising the Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds completely.Ramesh Kumar is the worst-performing Lok Sabha MP when it comes to the utilisation of MPLAD funds. Kumar represents the South Delhi constituency. Of Rs 10.32 crore allotted to him by the Union government, Kumar has managed to utilise only Rs 3.08 crore yet.His fellow Congressman and Lok Sabha MP from East Delhi Sandeep Dikshit has managed to utilise only Rs 3.06 crore. He has been allotted Rs 7.65 crore. "The MPLAD funds are a farce and I have always maintained that I detest it. It is simply a ploy of the bureaucrats to keep the governing politicians in the dark while they find ways to benefit from it. I have no idea how the fund is released and where it goes," Dikshit told Mail Today.The data confirms that the seven Delhi MPs had a total of Rs 93.75 crore at their disposal during 2009-2013 to carry out development works in their respective constituencies. However, the MPs have only managed to utilise Rs 64.95 crore as yet.With the term of 15th Lok Sabha coming to an end in May, the unused MPLAD funds will lapse. Lok Sabha MP from Chandni Chowk and Union Minister for Telecommunication and Law Kapil Sibal have utilised an amount to the tune of Rs 12.46 crore.He has been allotted a total of Rs13.24 crore as MPLAD funds. It has been revealed that not even a single Lok Sabha member from Delhi has used 100 per cent of the cumulative total from 2009 to 2013. Former president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) and Lok Sabha member from North-East Delhi Jai Prakash Agarwal has claimed that before the end of his tenure, he is planning to utilise the entire MPLAD funds allotted to him. Agarwal is also the chairman of the House Committee, Lok Sabha."Of the 18.28 crore that has been made available to me through MPLAD funds, I have already used `15.33 crore for carrying out various development works in my constituency. I am now left with Rs 2.95 crore. I will utilise it to set up a new halt station at Gokalpur Saboli and another halt station for passenger trains plying between Delhi-Shahadra and Behtahazipur stations," Agarwal said.Media Cell Head of the Congress party and MP from New Delhi constituency Ajay Maken has managed to spend around Rs 16.02 crore for carrying out development works in his constituency. He has been allotted MPLAD funds to the tune of Rs 20.96 crore. His party colleague Krishna Tirath - the Lok Sabha member who represents the North-West Delhi - spent Rs 5.52 crore. Tirath has been allotted Rs 9.99 crore as the MPLAD funds.