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The Congress connected Sunday (January 11, 2026) alleged that the "Yogi-Modi trouble-engine" authorities successful Uttar Pradesh ordered the constabulary to "brutally lathi-charge" National Students' Union of India (NSUI) protesters taking retired a peaceful march successful Varanasi arsenic portion of the party's nationwide 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram'.
Congress wide caput successful complaint of communications, Jairam Ramesh, shared a video clip successful which constabulary could beryllium seen purportedly pushing and utilizing unit against the protesters.
In Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Parliamentary Constituency Varanasi, students, led by NSUI nationalist president and my young workfellow Varun Chaudhary, held a 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram' march, Mr. Ramesh said successful a station successful Hindi connected X.
"It was a wholly peaceful and antiauthoritarian objection conducted wrong the model of law rights, but the Yogi-Modi 'trouble-engine' authorities was truthful acrophobic of being questioned that it ordered the constabulary to brutally lathi-charge the protesters," helium alleged.
The NSUI is the pupil helping of the Congress. Congress wide caput Priyanka Gandhi besides lashed retired astatine the BJP implicit the incident.
"The brutal usage of unit and arrests targeting NSUI students peacefully protesting successful Varanasi against the dismantling of MNREGA and the denial of the close to employment to millions of workers is highly condemnable. We powerfully condemn this cowardly act," she said successful a station successful Hindi connected X.
"The Narendra Modi authorities is snatching distant the ineligible close to employment from millions of workers, and those who rise their voices are being subjected to brute force. Every azygous idiosyncratic of the Congress enactment stands firmly against this injustice, oppression, and repression," she said.
On Saturday (January 10), the Congress launched its 45-day nationwide run — MGNREGA Bachao Sangram — against the repeal of the UPA-era agrarian employment instrumentality by holding property conferences astatine each district.
The Opposition party's agitation demanding the withdrawal of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act and restoration of MGNREGA arsenic a rights-based instrumentality successful its archetypal form, the close to work, and the authorization of panchayats volition proceed till February 25.
Press conferences were held astatine each the territory office connected Saturday (January 10), highlighting the mode successful which MGNREGA was repealed and replaced by the VB-G RAM G Act successful the Winter Session of Parliament.
This was followed by a day-long accelerated and symbolic protests astatine the territory office connected Sunday (January 11). From January 12 to 29, chaupals and wide interaction programmes volition beryllium organised astatine each the gram panchayats, followed by ward-level peaceful sit-ins connected January 30 to property for the close to work.
“From February 7 to 15, State-level gheraos of Vidhan Sabhas volition beryllium organised, portion 4 large rallies volition beryllium held betwixt February 16 and 25 earlier the culmination of the nationwide movement,” the enactment said.
The Congress is demanding the implicit withdrawal of the VB-G RAM G instrumentality and restoration of MGNREGA. It has said that portion the agitation against the now-repealed achromatic workplace laws was Delhi-centric, the MGNREGA Bachao Sangram volition beryllium panchayat, block, district, and State-centric
The VB-G RAM G, was passed with a dependable ballot amid protests successful the Rajya Sabha connected December 18, 2025, hours aft the Lok Sabha cleared it.
On December 21, President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Bill, making it an Act, guaranteeing 125 days of wage employment per agrarian household each fiscal year.
