Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday (January 4, 2025) charged that corruption was rampant under the MGNREGA, and accused the Congress of spreading misinformation on the VB-G RAM G scheme.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Mr. Chouhan slammed the Congress for its upcoming campaign against the VB-G RAM G scheme, and asked why Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was not present in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the issue.
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"Congress has announced a 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram'. It is actually a save corruption campaign," he said.
"MGNREGA had become synonymous with corruption. Under social audits done by gram sabhas, there were more than 10, 51,000 complaints. Same work was repeated, work was done by machine, money was siphoned in the name of cleaning canals, roads. Thirty percent workers were above 60," he charged.
