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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued her disapproval of the VB-G RAM G Bill connected Monday (December 22, 2025) and said that the Centre is pushing the state towards its “end” by removing Mahatma Gandhi’s sanction from the agrarian employment warrant scheme, earlier known arsenic MGNREGA.
“They removed the sanction of the begetter of the federation and brought successful Ram Naam... I americium not against Ram Naam, it is an epic... But erstwhile radical instrumentality dormant bodies for cremation, they chant ‘Ram Naam Satya Hai’, the aforesaid mode they are present taking the state towards its extremity aft removing the sanction of Gandhiji,” Ms. Banerjee said sarcastically while addressing an administrative gathering successful Kolkata.
This came aft the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G) Bill was passed successful some the Parliament Houses and was also assented by President Droupadi Murmu. This Bill came to regenerate the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act which was passed successful 2005.
Across the nation, this alteration from MGNREGA to VB-G RAM G has been met with protests from a cross-section of society. Opposition leaders successful the Parliament besides staged a walkout erstwhile the Bill was passed.
Previously, Ms. Banerjee’s authorities decided to rename their State’s job warrant strategy arsenic ‘Mahatma-Shree’ to honour Mahatma Gandhi arsenic a protest against the Central authorities renaming the MGNREGA scheme.
The West Bengal State government scheme was antecedently called ‘Karmashree’.
Funds for the MGNREGA strategy person been suspended successful Bengal since April 2022 owed to allegations of corruption. However, earlier this year, both the Supreme Court and Calcutta High Court person directed the resumption of the 100-day enactment strategy successful the State. But, workers inactive await its resumption.
