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The Congress connected Wednesday (January 23, 2026) said that absorption parties protested against the "bulldozed repeal" of MGNREGA successful a dignified mode during President Droupadi Murmu's code to the associated sitting of some Houses of Parliament, and asserted that each antiauthoritarian means volition beryllium utilized to request restoration of the UPA-era law.
President Droupadi Murmu's notation to the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G RAM G] Act successful her code to the associated sitting of some houses of Parliament sparked protests from absorption parties which raised slogans demanding a rotation backmost of the law.
In her address, the President said the VB-G RAM G Act would supply warrant for 125 days of work, and would besides halt corruption and leakages. She besides asserted that it would supply a caller impetus to agrarian development.
While the President's notation of the VB-G RAM G Act was welcomed by treasury benches by thumping of desks, Opposition members raised slogans demanding rotation backmost of the law.
Today during the Hon'ble President's Address to some Houses of Parliament, each Opposition parties astir respectfully and successful a dignified mode protested the bulldozed repeal of MGNREGA. The Opposition volition usage each antiauthoritarian means to request the restoration of MGNREGA.
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) January 28, 2026In a station connected X, Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "Today during the Hon’ble President’s Address to some Houses of Parliament, each Opposition parties astir respectfully and successful a dignified mode protested the bulldozed repeal of MGNREGA. The Opposition volition usage each antiauthoritarian means to request the restoration of MGNREGA," helium asserted.
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President Murmu paused during her code arsenic the absorption raised slogans similar "vapas lo" (roll backmost the Act).
The Act is acceptable to regenerate the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Opposition parties are demanding the withdrawal of the VB-G RAM G Act and restoration of MGNREGA arsenic a rights-based instrumentality successful its archetypal form, the close to enactment and the authorization of panchayats.
The authorities has, meanwhile, claimed that the caller Act volition further fortify the agrarian employment guarantee.
