Congress MP Jairam Ramesh announces public agitation campaign to repeal abolition of MGNREGA

Further in his post, he highlighted the role of late Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party, Sonia Gandhi, in the formation of MGNREGA.The Congress MLA wrote the post in response to Sonia Gandhi’s Monday editorial in The Hindu, titled “The Bulldozed Demolition of MGNREGA.”On Sunday, Jairam Ramesh said the fundamental character of MGNREGA has been changed, announcing that the Congress Working Committee meeting scheduled for December 27 will finalise an action plan for a nationwide movement. The parliament, on December 18, passed the VB-G RAM G Bill and President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the bill and made it an act. This act replaces the 20-year-old MGNREGA and guarantees 125 days of rural wage employment every year.Speaking to ANI, Ramesh said the new legislation has taken away employment opportunities from rural, deprived and exploited sections of society. “The fundamental character of MGNREGA has been changed; the basic structure of the scheme has been altered. The employment that was being provided to rural, deprived, and exploited people has been taken away,” he said.Ramesh further accused the BJP of acting out of ideological bias. “They hate Mahatma Gandhi’s name, and they hate the laws enacted during the Congress regime. I don’t understand why they rushed this through,” he said, adding that the law was enacted without consultations with state governments.



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