Guwahati, Aug 19 - The Bodoland People's Front (BPF), an alliance partner of the ruling Congress-led government in Assam, is angry with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his 'incorrect' statement that the utilisation of the Rs.750 crore central package for the Bodoland area was unsatisfactory.

'First of all, the prime minister is factually incorrect when he said that the Rs.750 crore was allotted for development works in Bodoland area. In fact, the package was for Rs.500 crore and we are yet to get the entire amount,' Hagrama Mohilary, leader of the BPF and the chief of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), told IANS Wednesday.

The prime minister Monday told a meeting of the chief ministers in New Delhi that 'utilisation of Rs.750 crore meant for development of the Bodoland area was unsatisfactory'.

'It seems some vested interests, could be bureaucrats, misguided and wrongly briefed the prime minister's office on fund allocation for the Bodoland. We are shocked and surprised to hear a factually incorrect figure from the prime minister,' Biswajit Daimary, BPF MP in Rajya Sabha, said.

The BPF leaders said they would welcome a probe to look into the development works under the central package.