Lucknow, July 17 - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday held Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati responsible for the poor power supply in his parliamentary constituency of Amethi, while remaining silent over remarks against the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo that have landed his party's state chief in jail on charges of denigrating Dalits.

Addressing a gathering in Amethi, Gandhi slammed Mayawati for allegedly misusing developmental funds by installing statues and setting up memorials in the state, and appealed to the people to from a Congress government in Uttar Pradesh.

'The (BSP) government has place for statues and elephants...but for development there is no place...If you want development of your state in the real sense, you all should work together to form a Congress government in Uttar Pradesh,' said Gandhi who is on a day's tour to Amethi.

'Crores of rupees released by the centre for the development of Uttar Pradesh are being siphoned off by the state government. Owing to misuse of funds only, the power scenario and other civic amenities in the state cannot be rated as satisfactory,' he added.

'The state government is just not bothered about improving the power scenario. It's surprising that power production in the state is nearly the same as it was 25 years ago,' he added.

Earlier this week, the town saw violent protests over poor supply of electricity.

Gandhi also stressed that in terms of development Amethi, about 150 km from here, would remain his top priority.