AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to press for the implementation of a Central government report for a package of Rs 8000 crore for development of the backward Bundelkhand region. He was accompanied by a delegation of Congress leaders.

"The delegation wanted the implementation of a Central report which had recommended a package of Rs 8000 crore for Bundelkhand along with the creation of a separate Bundelkhand Development Authority for the development of the area," AICC general secretary and in-charge of UP Digvijay Singh told reporters after the meeting at the residence of the PM.