Opposition MPs hold protest march in Parliament complex, demand withdrawal of VB-G RAM G bill

With photographs of Mahatma Gandhi in hand, several opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) on Thursday (December 18, 2025) took out a protest march inside the Parliament House complex against the government's G RAM G bill and demanded its withdrawal.

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Behind a huge banner that had 'Mahatma Gandhi NREGA' written on it, they marched from the Gandhi statue at Prerna Sthal to Makar Dwar, raising slogans against the government.

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K.C. Venugopal, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) K. Kanimozhi, T.R. Ballu, A. Raja, Indian Union Muslim League’s(IUML) E.T. Mohammed Basheer, Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Arvind Sawant and Revolutionary Socialist Party’s (RSP) N.K. Premchandran, among others, participated in the protest.