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"Will have negative effect on rural economy": Congress MP Karti Chidambara
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram ripped into the Centre's newly passed VB-G RAM G law, calling its name "a very bad alphabet soup" and warning that the revamped scheme will "negatively impact" the rural economy and slash the average citizen's income.
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"Removing Mahatma Gandhi's name unacceptable; new law offers no job guaran
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Sunday strongly criticised the newly VB-G RAM-G Bill, 2025, which replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA), alleging that it removes Mahatma Gandhi's name and scraps the guarantee of employment.
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"MGNREGA's fundamental character changed, Congress to launch nationwide mo
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"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," Ramesh said, adding that the law was enacted without consultations with state governments.
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"Replacing NREGA with 'Ram' scheme is an injustice to the poor": Cong's Ha
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Senior Congress leader V. Hanumantha Rao on Sunday strongly criticised the Centre's proposed VB-G RAM G Bill, alleging that the government has diluted the spirit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by removing Mahatma Gandhi's name and shifting the fina
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VB-G-RAM-G Bill row: Congress to hold CWC meet, Sonia Gandhi says "bulldoz
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Congress targeted the BJP government for increasing the "burden" on states by introducing the 60:40 formula to share the cost of ensuring 125 days of work. They also said that the BJP has "disrespected" Mahatma Gandhi by renaming MGNREGA and raised questions about the manner in which the
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"Congress will fight from Parliament to streets": Supriya Shrinate express
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Saturday expressed her discontent after the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was renamed as VB-G RAM G Bill (Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)) and passed in the Parliament.
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"All schemes of Indian govt are inspired by Mahatma Gandhi": Union Ministe
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Amid opposition's criticism over the VB-G RAM G Bill (Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)), Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary on Saturday emphasised that all the schemes of the Indian Government are inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, keeping his concept of Gram Swaraj
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"BJP's Godse-like mindset has not ended yet": Punjab Congress chief attack
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Warring said that including the name of Ram and removing Mahatma Gandhi's name from MGNREGA is a "way to fool people," with the ultimate aim of killing the scheme itself.
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"Doing all this drama to hide their failures": Union Minister Shobha Karan
Updated : 5 months ago IST
This comes after Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar vowed to launch a big movement in the state against the VB-G-RAM-G Bill passed in Parliament, alleging that the Centre aimed to change Mahatma Gandhi's name and wanted to kill the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guara
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"Effort to snatch away poor's livelihood and jobs": Congress MP Kumari Sel
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Congress MP Kumari Selja on Saturday alleged that the Central government is attempting to "snatch away" the livelihood and jobs of poor people by replacing MGNREGA with VB-G RAM G Bill (Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin))
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"Does opposition want to give money to poor or not?": BJP MP Nishikant Dub
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Reacting to the row over renaming the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), he said that Mahatma Gandhi resides in everyone's hearts.
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"Their job is to oppose; why Congress has such an aversion to name of Lord
Updated : 5 months ago IST
CM Yadav also highlighted that the original employment guarantee scheme was launched as NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and that the name of Mahatma Gandhi was later added in the context of elections.
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