"Descendants of Nathuram Godse": Congress MP Aujla slams VB G RAM-G bill, questions renaming of MGNREGA

New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): After Parliament cleared the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla on Friday criticised the move, saying many states are already burdened with debt and that the Centre has raised the funding ratio to 60:40 for most of them.
He argued that the legislation does not adequately serve the interests of labourers and questioned the decision to rename the MGNREGA Act. Aujla also alleged that the Centre has claimed lineage from Nathuram Godse.
"The states are already debt-ridden and the funding ratio for most states has been increased to a 60:40 split between the Centre and states...This is not a decision in the best interests of the labourers and why did they remove the name of Mahatma Gandhi?... This shows their thinking. They are descendants of Nathuram Godse," Aujla told ANI.
Meanwhile, another Congress MP, Deepender Hooda, said that the Bharatiya Janata Party has once again proved that it believes in changing names but not in delivering results.
"The BJP has proved it that they only believe in changing names but not in providing results...It is a matter if regret that the name of Mahatma Gandhi has been removed...We will raise the voice of the labourers in the streets also," Hooda told ANI.
On Friday, the Parliament passed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB--G RAM G) Bill, with Rajya Sabha approving the legislation, which was earlier passed in the Lok Sabha.
Earlier in the day, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh slammed the government's hasty passage of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 (VB-G RAM G Bill), which reframes MGNREGA, amid uproar in both Houses of Parliament.
He contrasted the bill's introduction, details of which he claims the opposition knew only days prior, against MGNREGA's enactment in 2005, which involved years of deliberation, a Standing Committee review, and unanimous bipartisan support.
Addressing a press conference against the bill's passage, Ramesh said, "The new act was passed in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha amidst uproar, and it repeals the Mahatma Gandhi MGNREGA." (ANI)