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Drawing a parallel betwixt workplace laws and the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, which has replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Congress president and Leader of the Opposition successful the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge connected Monday said that absorption by those affected by it volition unit Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reverse it too.
“When Mr. Modi imposed anti-farmer laws, we opposed. He did not perceive to us. He bent lone aft farmers agreed and protested and withdrew the laws. The altered MGNREGA volition look the aforesaid fate,” helium said, addressing a nationalist gathering astatine Yedrami successful Kalaburagi district.
‘Snatching livelihood’
Attacking the Union authorities for changing the operation and sanction of MGNREGA, Mr. Kharge said the determination was a “conspiracy to deprive the agrarian mediocre of their close to enactment and livelihood.”
Mr. Kharge said MGNREGA, introduced by the Congress-led UPA government, was aimed astatine guaranteeing employment to agrarian families erstwhile cultivation enactment was unavailable.
“Now, Mr. Modi and the BJP are snatching their bread. They talk volumes astir poorness and the poor, portion silently pushing policies that wounded them,” helium said.
Mr. Kharge said the Centre had reduced its backing stock for MGNREGA from 90% to 60%, forcing States to carnivore a higher burden. “Earlier, section bodies decided what works were needed successful their villages. Now the Modi authorities volition determine everything from Delhi. This is an onslaught connected decentralisation and people’s empowerment,” helium said, informing that changes to the occupation strategy indispensable beryllium withdrawn.
Religion and polls
Launching an onslaught connected the Prime Minister, Mr. Kharge accused Mr. Modi of utilizing religion for electoral gains. He alleged that the Prime Minister’s caller absorption connected spiritual events, including references to the Somnath temple, was driven by upcoming Assembly elections successful States specified arsenic Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry.
Warning against what helium described arsenic an battle connected law values, Mr. Kharge said, “As agelong arsenic radical bash not unite and thatch a acquisition to the BJP, attacks connected the Constitution volition continue. If law rights are taken away, you volition not adjacent beryllium allowed to talk freely.”
He appealed to radical to defy divisive politics, saying, “This is Kalyana Karnataka, the onshore of Basavanna and societal equality. Politics of spiritual part volition not enactment here.”
Teacher shortage
The Congress president raised interest implicit teacher shortages successful Kalyana Karnataka, saying that authorities schools existed without capable taxable teachers.
“Buildings unsocial bash not amended children; teachers do. The mediocre cannot nonstop their children to backstage schools successful cities. The State authorities should archetypal capable teaching vacancies successful Kalyana Karnataka, past look elsewhere,” helium said, turning to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar who were besides connected the stage.
