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Scores of Congress cadres took portion successful a hunger onslaught protestation against the Centre for withdrawing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act strategy and replacing it with The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin Act, successful Virudhunagar connected Sunday (January 11, 2026).
Virudhunagar MP B. Manickam Tagore, Sivakasi MLA G. Ashokan, and enactment territory presidents Sreeraja Chokkar and Rengasamy, took portion successful the hunger onslaught successful beforehand Virudhunagar railway junction.
Talking to reporters, the Congress MP said that the hunger protestation is portion of 45-day-long bid of protestation planned by the Congress crossed the federation for retrieval of MGNREGA scheme.
“Around 7 lakh Congress men are participating successful the hunger onslaught crossed the nation. We person besides planned to conscionable the villagers, protestation successful beforehand of territory Collectorates and past successful beforehand of Lok Bhavan,” helium said.
All the Congressmen who person religion successful Gandhian principles are participating successful the protest.
“We privation to bring backmost MGNREGA which has been withdrawn by the Centre. From April 1, VB-G RAM G volition travel into force. MGNREGA guaranteed occupation for each idiosyncratic who registry seeking occupation with the agrarian section assemblage for which 90% of the funds would beryllium fixed by the Centre. However, nether the caller scheme, determination is nary warrant for giving employment for idiosyncratic seeking job,” helium said.
Besides, since the caller Act mandated the State to stock 40% of the funds for the occupation scheme, it would go a nonaccomplishment if the State cannot springiness its fund, helium added. Further, not each panchayats volition beryllium capable to springiness jobs. Only those panchayats which are selected volition beryllium capable to supply jobs, helium added.
“The BJP played the fraud with the radical by promising to springiness ₹15 lakh each successful the past. Whether the allowance would beryllium fixed volition beryllium known wrong the archetypal 2 months connected implementation of the scheme,” helium added.
Similarly, helium said that the alteration of rules nether the strategy to marque usage of funds to make assets would besides not work, helium said. “We are demanding occupation for the agrarian poor. But, the BJP was aiming to get committee from contractors by utilizing the strategy to conception buildings,” helium added.
