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Criticising the Narendra Modi authorities for replacing the agrarian occupation warrant instrumentality MGNREGA with VB-G RAM G, Congress person Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged that the BJP neither respects Mahatma Gandhi nor Lord Ram, and uses them for "propaganda".
Addressing a property league successful Bhubaneswar connected Saturday (January 3, 2026), Mr. Surjewala claimed that the replacement of the UPA-era MGNREGA with the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act has impacted the livelihood of astir 50 crore mediocre people.
"In the past 11 years, Mahatma Gandhi's spectacles person been borrowed for propaganda, but his ideals were ignored. In a akin manner, the BJP seized powerfulness successful the sanction of Lord Ram, but ignored his ideals. This is the mode successful which the BJP runs the government," helium said.
He claimed the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has straight impacted astir 12.5 crore poor, tribal, Dalit and backward people people.
"Taking unneurotic their household members, the BJP government's determination has impacted a full of 50 crore people," helium claimed.
Mr. Surjewala said MGNREGA was a demand-driven system, and immoderate idiosyncratic could attack the panchayat and question work.
"If enactment was not provided wrong a fewer days, wages had to beryllium paid. That was MGNREGA. However, nether the caller law, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has determined that everything volition beryllium decided from Delhi. The radical sitting successful Delhi volition accidental which State, district, oregon colony volition get however overmuch work," helium said.
The Congress MP said that portion the MGNREGA was wholly centrally funded, States volition person to carnivore 40% of the outgo nether VB-G RAM G.
"As 1 knows, states cannot wage 40% of the funds, the thought of providing enactment to the mediocre volition automatically stop," helium claimed.
State Congress in-charge Ajay Kumar Lallu said the enactment volition motorboat 'MGNREGA Bachho Sangram' successful Odisha connected January 10, and it volition proceed till February 25.
"Public meetings volition beryllium held from the territory to the State level, opposing the caller instrumentality that has deed the mediocre people," helium said.
