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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his lawman D.K. Shivakumar, Congress wide caput Randeep Singh Surjewala, on with enactment legislators and MPs, were connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026) taken into preventive custody aft they decided to march towards Lok Bhavan arsenic portion of "Raj Bhavan Chalo" protest.
The protestation was against the Centre's determination to regenerate MGNREGA with VB-G RAM G.
The Congress leaders were stopped by constabulary erstwhile they attempted to proceed towards Lok Bhavan, alleging that the Union authorities was dismantling the agrarian employment warrant model and curtailing the rights of Panchayats. The leaders boarded a autobus deployed by the constabulary extracurricular the venue aft delivering their code and courted arrest.
Role of panchayats curtailed
Addressing the protesters earlier being detained, Siddaramaiah said this 'Ram' successful VB-G RAM G is not Dasharath Ram oregon Seeta Ram. It stands for Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajivika Mission (Gramin). He said MGNREGA was a close to livelihood and employment, introduced by the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government, and accused the Centre of trying to destruct it.
"MGNREGA was the close of the people, but not immoderate more. Around 5 crore people, including the differently-abled, were getting employment successful the agrarian areas. The Centre present wants to determine what enactment should beryllium done, whereas earlier it was done by Panchayats," Siddaramaiah alleged, adding that the relation of Panchayats had been severely curtailed.
The main curate further claimed that each Panchayat was earlier getting astir ₹1 crore. Now they volition beryllium deprived of it.
"We volition combat until VB-G RAM G is revoked and MGNREGA is re-established. VB-G RAM G does not warrant employment the mode MGNREGA did," helium said.
Accusing the BJP of attacking agrarian India, Siddaramaiah said, "Gandhiji said unless villages develop, the federation cannot develop. By scrapping MGNREGA, the BJP has killed Mahatma Gandhi erstwhile again." He called upon radical for agitation successful each colony crossed the state.
‘Mahatma Gandhi Kendra’
Surjewala, who is besides Karnataka in-charge, alleged that the Centre was bent connected scrapping the agrarian employment warrant scheme. "The Union authorities wants to dismantle MGNREGA. I impulse the Karnataka authorities to rename Panchayat centres arsenic ‘Mahatma Gandhi Kendra’.”
Shivakumar warned of governmental consequences for the BJP, saying, “By scrapping MGNREGA, the BJP has invited occupation for itself. People successful agrarian areas volition not judge VB-G RAM G, and they volition not pardon the BJP for repealing the employment warrant law.”
