'It is our job to ensure that our programmes from Delhi are delivered to the poor people... The Congress is going to ensure that. We don't appreciate the fact that we send huge sums of money and it is wasted.'
Joshi has been jailed for making remarks deemed offensive against Mayawati both as a woman and a Dalit. She is in a prison in Moradabad on a 14-day judicial remand.
Asked if the Congress would take action against Joshi over her remarks, Gandhi said: 'That is the business of the Congress president and other senior leaders.'