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The Congress continued its onslaught connected the Union Government for “dismantling” and “desecrating” the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The enactment held nationwide protests connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) astatine each territory headquarters.
Party wide Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal, successful a station connected X, said the Modi authorities had efficaciously dismantled the MGNREGA by converting it from a close to a favour.
“MGNREGA was a ineligible close to work, not a payment handout. By capping funds, centralising control, and altering its demand-driven nature, the BJP has turned this close into a budget-dependent scheme, pushing crores of agrarian families into insecurity and distress,” helium said.
Mr. Venugopal added that the Congress Working Committee would deliberate connected the aboriginal people of enactment astatine its gathering connected December 27.
“Subsequently, connected December 28 — our Foundation Day — Congress workers volition clasp programmes successful mandals and panchayats crossed India, carrying portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, reaffirming our committedness to his ideals and to the law committedness of justice, dignity, and the close to work,” helium said.
Party General Secretary (Communication) and erstwhile Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh accused the authorities of overturning 2 decades of advancement “without consultation” and by “sidestepping parliamentary conventions”. He shared a 2012 reappraisal papers of the strategy released by the UPA government, highlighting achievements specified arsenic accrued agrarian wages, reduced distress migration, cultivation of barren land, and empowerment of weaker sections.
Parliament connected Thursday (December 18, 2025) passed the VB-G Ram G Bill, which replaced the 20-year-old MGNREGA.
