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"Deeply regrettable...who is really calling the shots": Priyank Kharge sla
Updated : 2 months ago IST
This comes amid a faceoff between the state govt and Raj Bhavan over the governor's customary address to the joint sitting of the legislature. The Governor had expressed reservations about 11 paragraphs in the speech, which criticised the Central government's policies, including the VB-G
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Congress to host national MGNREGA workers' convention in Delhi on Thursday
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit announced on Wednesday that the party will hold a national MGNREGA workers' convention on January 22 in the national capital to protest the changes made by the BJP-led centre government to the earlier rights-based law.
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"Name change just an excuse, real aim is to benefit big industrialists": C
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Rao alleged that the new act to ensure livelihoods has not just received a name change but was aimed at benefiting big industrialists while punishing poor people with hunger and unemployment.
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"BJP is a proponent of Godse's ideology...": Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Tiwari's remarks come amid nationwide protests led by the Congress against the repeal of MGNREGA, a program that was aimed at providing minimum wage employment and financial protection to rural citizens. Rahul Gandhi had accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of attempting to "centralise po
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Maharashtra: CPI(M) marches in Palghar, warns escalation to Mumbai over MG
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The protestors restarted their march today from Manor in Palghar. They plan to hold an indefinite sit-in protest at the Palghar Collectorate to demand forest and land rights, the restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and the repeal of the new
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"PM Modi wants the poor to starve": Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi on repeal o
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Speaking to the media on the repeal of MGNREGA, Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of attempting to "centralise power, hand it over to bureaucracy, and leave the poor citizens to starve."
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Kerala Budget Session: State flags concerns on Centre's VB-G Ram G Bill
Updated : 2 months ago IST
"Kerala has been in the forefront of implementing the demand-based employment scheme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Program. The recent amendment to the said scheme, transforming it into VB-G Ram G, is a setback for Kerala, as the assistance from the union has decreased from 10
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UP: Posters put up in Raebareli for Rahul Gandhi's visit; LoP and SP Chief
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The posters feature Congress MP and Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav as the captains of INDIA for 2027 and 2029, symbolising the leadership of the INDIA bloc in the years ahead.
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"He will lead ground-level protests against VB-G RAM G Act": Manickam Tago
Updated : 2 months ago IST
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
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Amethi MP KL Sharma details Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's Raebareli visit s
Updated : 2 months ago IST
He said, "Rahul ji has a 2-day program here. He will arrive here this evening, and his programs will begin tomorrow. In the morning, he will meet the public. Later, he will inaugurate various development programs. He will also inaugurate the Rae Bareli T20 Premier League...He will also ad
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Rahul Gandhi to begin two-day Raebareli visit; MGNREGA Chaupal and meeting
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will embark on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency, Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh, to address a public meeting against the scrapping of the MGNREGA and to meet with the senior party leaders.
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"Congress made arrangements for own livelihood in name of rural developmen
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday criticised Congress amid a row over the VB-G RAM G Act replacing MGNREGA, stating that the Congress leaders "made arrangements" for themselves in the garb of rural development schemes.
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