Jaipur, March 12 -- Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, during his address in the state assembly, accused the previous Congress government of financial mismanagement, saying that they did not Rs 16,500 to the panchayats, and failed to fund schemes and social security pensions of the people.

"The previous government did not do any work at all, and whatever little work was done, it did not even pay for it. The previous government did not pay more than Rs 16,500 crore to the panchayats, including Rs 2,180 crore of State and Central Finance Commission, Rs 1,443 crore of social security pension, Rs 1,316 crore of farmer welfare schemes, Rs 896 crore of MNREGA, and many more," the Chief Minister said.

The CM had participated in the deb...