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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Thursday (January 22, 2026) alleged that the repeal of MGNREGA by the authorities was an effort to region Mahatma Gandhi's sanction from nationalist representation and asserted that his enactment volition powerfully rise the contented during Parliament's upcoming Budget Session.
Addressing the National MGNREGA Workers’ Convention organised by the Rachnatmak Congress, Mr. Kharge said radical indispensable unite and not fto the authorities instrumentality the caller law.
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He said the MGNREGA repeal was aimed astatine removing Mahatma Gandhi's sanction from nationalist representation and weakening the conception of Gram Swaraj.
“In the Budget session, we volition combat for this issue,” Mr. Kharge said, slamming the authorities for repealing MGNREGA.
Workers from crossed the state participated successful the convention, bringing a fistful of ungraded from their enactment sites that was enactment successful plants arsenic a symbolic motion successful the beingness of Mr. Kharge and Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.
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The Congress launched 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram', a 45-day nationwide run against the repeal of the UPA-era Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), connected January 10.
The Opposition enactment is demanding the withdrawal of the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (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.
