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The Congress staged a hunger onslaught successful beforehand of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue connected the premises of Kudmul Ranga Rao Town Hall successful the metropolis connected Wednesday seeking the withdrawal of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G) and restoration of MGNREGA.
The hunger onslaught was portion of ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ of the party.
Speaking connected the juncture K. Harish Kumar, president, Dakshina Kannada Congress Committee and erstwhile MLC said that with the VB-G RAM G Act successful place, the economical load of authorities governments volition increase. The enactment volition instrumentality retired a 100 k.m. padayatra from Sullia to Mulki betwixt February 9 and February 12 to make consciousness among radical connected however the caller Act affects people.
Former curate B. Ramanath Rai said that the UPA authorities was ever pro-people and gave food, employment, acquisition guarantees to people.
MLC Ivan D’Souza said that the renaming of MGNREGA and its replacement with the VB–G RAM G Act amounted to a nonstop onslaught connected mediocre workers and the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, who inspired the scheme. Under MGNREGA, helium said, workers’ had a ineligible warrant of astatine slightest 100 days of employment per year, and gram panchayats had the authorization to determine the quality of works to beryllium taken up.
However, the caller instrumentality removes this right, arsenic the Centre volition determine the benignant of works to beryllium implemented successful villages, helium said, adding that workers nary longer person immoderate ineligible warrant of employment.
He alleged that the BJP-led Union authorities had nary interest for the poor, lacked societal commitment, and was much funny successful divisive authorities portion dismantling pro-people programmes.
At slightest six states person already expressed their inability to lend 40% of the funds required for implementing the scheme, the MLC said.
