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The Congress connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) claimed that people's rights are being snatched distant by replacing MGNREGA and said it is organising a dialog connected the contented successful which workers would participate, bringing a fistful of ungraded from their enactment site.
Chairperson of Rachnatmak Congress Sandeep Dikshit said the BJP has replaced MGNREGA with a caller Act — VB-G RAM G — with the Congress continuously opposing it.
In galore states and districts, the 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram' is underway, helium said.
"During the Covid period, the MGNREGA strategy became a lifeline for crores of people. MGNREGA had genuinely earned a spot successful people's hearts. In this context, we held discussions with assorted organisations that person agelong been moving for the rights of farmers and labourers," Mr. Dikshit said astatine a property conference.
"One azygous constituent emerged consistently from each these conversations and discussions: people's rights are being snatched away," the Congress person said.
He said workers from crossed the state are arriving connected Thursday (January 22, 2026) for a dialog connected MGNREGA.
"These are the radical who person utilized MGNREGA successful their villages to physique roads, schools, panchayat buildings, ponds, and h2o harvesting plants. All these radical person played an important relation successful nation-building done their hard enactment and with the enactment of MGNREGA," Mr. Dikshit said.
Panchayats themselves decided and worked for their prosperity and development, and the authorities stood with them, helium said, alleging the Modi authorities is "destroying" this full process.
A programme has been organised astatine Jawahar Bhawan successful Delhi connected Thursday (January 22, 2026) morning, successful which radical associated with MGNREGA are coming from each country of the country, Mr. Dikshit said.
"They volition interact with us, stock the communicative of their conflict and the strategy ahead," helium said.
"The radical coming to this programme volition bring 1 fistful of ungraded each from their MGNREGA enactment site. After that, each these soils volition beryllium collected unneurotic and a corporate connection of conflict volition beryllium given," Mr. Dikshit said.
