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The Congress is acceptable to motorboat the Kaam Maango Abhiyan (Demand for Work) run astatine the extremity of this period to mobilise workers nether the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). As portion of the initiative, enactment functionaries volition assistance astatine slightest 10 workers successful each gram panchayat who request employment to formally rise a request for work.
The determination is portion of a larger agitational programme titled “MGNREGA Bachao Sangram” (Save MGNREGA Movement), which the Congress describes arsenic a nationwide conflict to reconstruct the “constitutional rights to work, wages, and accountability.”
The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission-Gramin Act, 2025, is acceptable to commence successful a week. After it is notified, the State governments volition get up to six-months to notify the scheme. There volition beryllium an overlap play betwixt the 2 laws. In States wherever the strategy is not notified, the MGNREGA volition continue.
Congress wide caput (communications) Jairam Ramesh said the run aims to scope 2.5 lakh gram panchayats and crores of radical crossed the country. “The authorities has tally a bulldozer implicit the MGNREGA scheme, which is the lifeline for crores of radical successful India. This nationwide conflict is for the restoration of law rights to work, wages, and accountability,” helium said successful a station connected X, urging radical to articulation the campaign.
The Indian National Congress's MGNREGA Bachao Sangram is reaching 2.5 lakh gram panchayats and millions of radical crossed the country.
The Modi authorities has bulldozed distant the MGNREGA, which was the lifeline for millions of radical successful India. Our nationwide conflict is against…
The enactment has besides launched a website — www.mgnregabachao.in — wherever radical tin articulation the question and motion a petition addressed to President Droupadi Murmu. The petition states: “We powerfully protestation against caller changes to MGNREGA that weaken its halfway committedness of guaranteed employment and agrarian empowerment. MGNREGA is simply a law Right to Work for crores of families and indispensable not beryllium diluted. Our demands: reconstruct the warrant of work; hole minimum wage astatine ₹400 per day; empower Panchayati Raj Institutions. We impulse your contiguous involution to support the tone and intent of MGNREGA.”
Congress wide caput (organisation) K.C. Venugopal successful a missive to each enactment bureau bearers connected Monday (January 12, 2026) elaborate the campaign. He said letters signed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi volition beryllium shared soon. “It is requested that each in-charges construe this missive into their section connection and put for wide printing. These letters are to beryllium delivered to Gram Panchayat Pradhans, MGNREGA mates, Rozgar Sahayaks, MGNREGA workers, and erstwhile Pradhans,” Mr. Venugopal wrote.
The Congress has besides acceptable up a coordination committee to oversee and show the “MGNREGA Bachao Sangram”, with Ajay Maken arsenic convener and elder leaders Jairam Ramesh, Sandeep Dikshit and Priyank Kharge arsenic members.
