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The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) connected Thursday took retired a march astatine Tambaram successful Chennai condemning the BJP-led authorities astatine the Centre for diluting the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
The march started adjacent the Kamarajar statue connected Bharatha Matha Salai successful East Tambaram and passed done Velachery-Tambaram Main Road, Tambaram-Mudichur Road, and concluded astatine Muthuranga Park successful West Tambaram, wherever the Congress leaders paid respects to a statue of Mahatma Gandhi. TNCC president K. Selvaperunthagai, Congress person and Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Tamil Nadu Congress Legislative Party person S. Rajeshkumar, All India Congress Committee secretaries Suraj M.N. Hegde and Nivedith Alva, and Congress MLAs were among those who participated.
Later, portion speaking astatine a meeting, Mr. Selvaperunthagai said Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had expressed concerns astir the dilution of MGNREGA, some wrong and extracurricular Parliament. In the sanction of expanding the fig of moving days nether the caller strategy (VB–G RAM G), the Centre had accrued the fiscal stock of the States. The MGNREGA was hailed by respective satellite leaders and planetary institutions. The TNCC volition not halt until the Centre withdraws the caller Act, similar however it withdrew the 3 workplace laws aft accordant protests, Mr. Selvaperunthagai added.
Mr. Vikramarka said the march was organised not for the enactment but for the cultivation labourers. He said aft knowing the sufferings of cultivation labourers and the unemployed, the United Progressive Alliance authorities brought retired the MGNREGA, which was a soundless revolution.
“In an effort to nullify the Act and by removing the sanction of Mahatma, the BJP-led authorities astatine the Centre removed the atma of the scheme,” helium alleged.
Congress workers from Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts participated successful the march. Traffic was thrown retired of cogwheel for sometime connected the arterial Velachery-Tambaram Road.
