On a day the Congress held a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to announce a nationwide campaign against the scrapping of the MGNREGA, Union Minister for Rural Development and Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan described the party’s “clamour” as “purely political”.
Taking to social media site X, Mr. Chouhan posted a detailed note on the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the NDA government’s new, Viksit Bharat G-Ram-G Act. (The MGNREGA was brought in by the Congress-led UPA government in 2006).
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“The Congress’s clamour is purely political. The Congress lacked both intent and policy. This is the same Congress that appended Mahatma Gandhi’s name for electoral gains. This is the same Congress that, from time to time, reduced the budget for MGNREGA. This is the same Congress that froze wages. Today, Congress leaders are shedding crocodile tears,” he posted.
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