Speaking to ANI, Tagore said, "This MGNREGA Act, which was withdrawn in the parliament in the previous winter session, we opposed it. Undemocratically, it was passed. It has become a program that will take away people's right to work. We will go among the people. We will agitate. We are v
"Why did this injustice happen? What was their fault? It was the fault of the system, the local administration, and the municipal corporation. I believe this is a crime, and the government is shirking its responsibility...," Singhar said.
The Congress party organised a 'Nyay Yatra' (Justice March) on Sunday, protesting the contaminated water issue in Indore's Bhagirathpura area, the consumption of which led to the death of approximately 20 people and left hundreds ill.
The remarks came amid protests by Congress workers across Uttar Pradesh against the repeal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and its replacement with the VB-G RAM G scheme. On Sunday, Congress workers staged a protest under the banner 'MGNREGA Bachao
Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai, along with party workers, held a symbolic fast against the repeal of MGNREGA and the introduction of the new Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G).
"There is a double-engine government in the state, a government that claims to protect Hindu interests, and the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh moves around in a vehicle adorned with a peacock feather. Yet, cow slaughter is taking place in the state capital Bhopal. The municipal corporat
Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitendra (Jitu) Patwari stated that the party will organise a protest march from Bada Ganpati to the Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar statue in Indore on January 11, in the wake of a spike in deaths caused by contaminated drinking water in the Bhagirathpura area of
Kharge said that Congress demand the central government withdraw the recently enacted Viksit Bharat -- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB--G RAM G) Act, restore MGNREGA as a rights-based law and restore the right to work and Panchayats' authority.
"We are holding a symbolic protest by carrying dirty water that the people are being forced to drink, while BJP leaders and ministers are drinking RO water. We demand from the Chief Minister that such a minister, who is using words like 'ghanta,' while responding to a question from a jour
The Youth Congress on Monday staged a protest in the state capital, alleging delay in the investigation into the Sabarimala gold theft case, prompting police to use water cannons to disperse the demonstrators.
In a self-made video, the Rajasthan Congress chief expressed optimism that the Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on the issue in January ,keeping in mind the public sentiments.
Delhi police on Saturday detained women activist Yogita Bhayana, Congress leader Mumtaz Patel, and several others who were protesting against the ruling of conditional bail to Kuldeep Singh Sengar, convicted in the 2017 Unnao rape case, and demanding justice in the Ankita Bhandari murder