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Senior Congress leaders powerfully criticised the BJP-led Union authorities for what they termed arsenic the systematic weakening of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), alleging an effort to erase the bequest of nationalist leaders from nationalist policy.
Addressing a media league on with Ministers Vivek Venkat Swamy and Azharuddin, Minister Ponnam Prabhakar extended greetings connected the juncture of the Congress party’s Foundation Day and recalled the party’s pivotal relation successful India’s state conflict and nation-building.
He said reforms introduced by leaders specified arsenic Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and successive UPA governments had positioned India prominently connected the planetary stage.
Mr. Prabhakar said the MGNREGS was introduced successful 2004 nether the enactment of Sonia Gandhi aft consultations with experts to fortify the agrarian system and guarantee nutrient information by providing guaranteed employment.
However, helium alleged that the Centre had reneged connected its 2014 committedness to grow the strategy to municipality areas and alternatively diluted it by imposing a 60:40 backing signifier connected States, thereby shifting the fiscal burden.
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He accused the Centre of removing Mahatma Gandhi’s sanction from the strategy and attempting to erase the bequest of leaders specified arsenic Gandhi, Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. Calling for protests, helium urged radical to clasp demonstrations successful each colony with portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and to walk resolutions successful Gram Sabhas opposing the move.
Minister Vivek Venkat Swamy said the Congress had consistently implemented people-centric programmes and accused the Centre of withholding funds from Telangana and refusing to unbend FRBM limits.
Minister Azharuddin alleged that the BJP was uncomfortable with Mahatma Gandhi’s bequest contempt planetary designation of his contributions.
Commenting connected the absorption BRS, Mr. Vivek Venkatswamy said the enactment had mislaid relevance among the radical contempt its beingness connected societal media and demanded that K.T. Rama Rao respond to questions raised by MLC K. Kavitha.
