Congress SC Morcha stages protest against VB-G RAM G Act in Belagavi district of Karnataka

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Congress SC Morcha members staging a protestation  astatine  Raibag successful  Belagavi territory  of Karnataka against VB-G RAM G Act introduced by the Union Government, connected  February 16, 2026.

Congress SC Morcha members staging a protestation astatine Raibag successful Belagavi territory of Karnataka against VB-G RAM G Act introduced by the Union Government, connected February 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Congress SC Morcha members organised a protestation against the Union Government for making changes to the agrarian occupation strategy MGNREGA, and for introducing VBGRAMG, astatine Raibag successful Belagavi territory of Karnataka, connected February 16.

Chikkodi MP Priyanka Jarkiholi accused the BJP-led NDA authorities of destroying the agrarian system by taking distant the close of the agrarian mediocre to request work. She said the authorities had brought successful the VBGRAMG strategy unilaterally, without consulting either the absorption oregon the authorities governments. She demanded resumption of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme.

Protestors marched done the municipality demanding cancellation of the VB-G-Ram-G strategy and restoration of the aged Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme.

The BJP cardinal authorities is changing the sanction of galore pro-people schemes that the UPA authorities had brought in. All of america should reason this, she said. She demanded that the schemes that the Congress led UPA authorities had should beryllium continued.

KPCC General Secretary Mahavir Mohite said, “BJP had betrayed the agrarian poor, SC/ST, OBCs, minorities and women, who were dependant connected MGNREGA. It whitethorn look that we are disquieted astir the alteration successful the sanction of the scheme, but that is not the lone issue. The caller strategy has made it a wholly centralised scheme, and the powers of gram panchayats person been taken away. As agelong arsenic Prime Minister Narendra Modi is successful power, we are disquieted that helium would instrumentality unbridled privatisation of nationalist assets, and surrender to powers similar USA and planetary concern agencies. We should beryllium vigilant. We fishy that the BJP and RSS are trying to alteration the Constitution. But if they effort to bash that, we should stay agreed and combat against them.”

Chikkodi territory Congress President Laxmanrao Chingale said, “The BJP authorities has been fooling the communal radical utilizing assorted distractions. The BJP leaders are besides trying to provoke the radical and disagreement the nine connected lines of caste, religion, and languages. They person the audacity to region the sanction of Mahatma Gandhi, who fought for independence, from this scheme. This should beryllium opposed,” helium said.

Congress leaders Shivanagouda Patil, Siddarudha Bandagar, Nirmala Patil, Shankargowda Patil, Abdul Sutaramulla, Haji Mulla, Appasaheb Kulgod, Dilip Jamadar, Arjun Nayakwadi, Shivu Marai, Shankargowda Patil, Raju Kotagi, and Ganesh Mohite were among those who participated successful the march.

Published - February 17, 2026 10:40 americium IST

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