Search For "mgnrega repeal"
"Stop hiding behind Vande Mataram", Manickam Tagore hits back at Kiren Rij
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Manickam Tagore said, "Dear Kirenji, Stop hiding behind Vande Mataram to cover up your failures. The truth is simple: during the Winter Session, the BJP bulldozed MGNREGA, removed Mahatma Gandhi's name, and snatched away the guaranteed rights of 13 crore people.
Read More
MGNREGA, Special Intensive Revision to be Congress' top priority in budget
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
The Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group on Tuesday met at the residence of CPP Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to finalise a list of key issues, including the MGNREGA and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to be raised in the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament.
Read More
VB G Ram G Act takes away constitutional rights, Centre wants to decide ev
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Siddaramaiah said that the party demanded that the legislation be repealed and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) be restored.
Read More
"Name change just an excuse, real aim is to benefit big industrialists": C
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks 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.
Read More
"BJP is a proponent of Godse's ideology...": Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks 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
Read More
"Ram belongs to everyone... removing Mahatma Gandhi's name is unfair": Con
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The remarks come as the Congress has intensified its attack on the Centre over the newly enacted VB-G RAM G Act. Earlier on Sunday, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tiwari alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had deliberately removed Mahatma Gandhi's name from the rural employment
Read More
"Draconian decision taken by government": Karnataka Minister HK Patil on M
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Karnataka Minister HK Patil, condemning the central government's decision to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), described it as "draconian".
Read More
Telangana: Congress protests VB-G RAM G Bill at Mahatma Gandhi Statue in S
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Telangana Congress party on Saturday staged a protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi Statue on M.G. Road, Secunderabad, condemning the VB-G RAM G Bill 2025, which Parliament recently passed.
Read More