Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (January 20, 2026) accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP government of undermining the protections provided for poor people and attempting to centralise power.
On a visit to Raebareli, his parliamentary constituency, Mr. Gandhi alleged that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) had been undermined by the BJP.
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“Narendra Modi wants to take all the power into his hands and starve the poor. Removing Gandhiji’s name from MGNREGA is an insult to him. But the main issue isn’t just the name change. The Modi government has eliminated the protections that were provided to our poor people,” Mr. Gandhi said. “The Congress party is agitating across the country to save MGNREGA and we stand firmly with the workers to protect them. On the one hand, we are protecting the public and on the other hand, Narendra Modi is taking away all the money of the country and giving it to selected industrialists,” he added.
‘Weakening MGNREGA’
