New Delhi, July 31 - Three days after he met the prime minister to seek a special package for the Bundelkhand region, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday said the party would do everything for the welfare and development of the region that he says is steeped in poverty.

'We have submitted a memorandum to the prime minister (on Bundelkhand). Discussion on the issue is on. No region of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh or anywhere can be left lagging behind,' Gandhi said.

On Tuesday, Gandhi had led a delegation of MPs from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and demanded a special package for Bundelkhand, which spans Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

Gandhi said people of Bundelkhand are suffering from non-development and he was more aware of the problems being faced by the people living in the Uttar Pradesh part of Bundelkhand.