RANCHI, Nov. 28 -- Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee executive president Bandhu Tirkey alleged the Union government of using economic tactics to pressure and subdue the Hemant Soren- led government in the state.

Tirkey levelled the allegations during a press conference at his residence in Deendayal Nagar, close to Morabadi Ground, where a state function was held to mark one year of the Soren government's second term.

"The Central government's non-payment of outstanding dues, along with the withholding of funds by various ministries to departments in Jharkhand, has affected development work and posed a threat to payments to beneficiaries," Tirkey said while addressing the media.

He condemned the Union government's decision to transfe...