MNREGA has always made PM Modi uncomfortable: Rahul Gandhi’s sharp attack on changing the name of the scheme
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) will be abolished and replaced by Vikas Bharat Guarantee for Employment and Livelihood Mission (Rural) – VB-G RAM G Bill 2025 The Central Government’s proposal to bring it has created a stir in the country’s politics. Opposition leaders and Congress MPs in Lok Sabha on this issue Rahul Gandhi Has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government. Rahul Gandhi said that MNREGA has always been making Prime Minister Modi uncomfortable and now the government is trying to abolish it completely.
This statement has come at a time when the Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan Introduced new VB-G RAM G bill in Lok Sabha. The opposition strongly opposed this bill, calling it an attempt to erase the name and ideology of Mahatma Gandhi.
On Tuesday, MPs of many opposition parties including Congress demonstrated against this bill in the Parliament House complex. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Also participated in the demonstration. Opposition leaders say that MNREGA is not just a government scheme, but Lifeline for the poor of rural India Is.
The protesting MPs alleged that the government wants to weaken Mahatma Gandhi’s thinking and legacy by removing his name.
Rahul Gandhi issued a long statement on this entire controversy on social media platform X. He wrote that
,MNREGA has always troubled Prime Minister Modi. It has been weakened for the last ten years and now preparations are on to eradicate it completely.,
Rahul Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Modi has a deep problem with two things –Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts and rights of the poorHe said that MNREGA was Gandhiji’s Rule of villagers to some extent It is a living form of the dream of V.K., which was a big step towards making the villages self-reliant.
Rahul Gandhi also reminded in his statement that Covid-19 pandemic During this period, MNREGA had provided economic security to lakhs of rural and migrant labor families. When employment opportunities were lost across the country, MNREGA was the only scheme that played a big role in handling the rural economy.
He says that ending such a scheme is a direct attack on the livelihood of the poor.
Rahul Gandhi said that MNREGA is based on three basic principles—
legal right to employment
Freedom for villages to decide their own development work
Full payment of wages by the Central Government
They allege that the new VB-G RAM G Bill weakens these three pillars and the scheme means of central control Makes it.
According to Rahul Gandhi, under the new bill:
The control of schemes, rules and budget will be in the hands of the central government.
States will be forced to bear 40% of the expense
Workers will not get work for months due to depletion of funds or during harvest season.
He passed this bill anti-people and anti-poor Stating that Congress will oppose it from Parliament to the streets.
It has been said by the government that MNREGA should be replaced with VB-G RAM G. ‘Developed India’ This is a major improvement towards the target of Rs. According to government sources, work under MNREGA was scattered across multiple categories and there was no concrete national strategy.
Under the new law, focus will be placed on four key areas—
water security
rural infrastructure
Livelihood Infrastructure
development adapted to climate change
The government claims that Developed Gram Panchayat Schemes Will be linked to national platforms like PM Gati-Shakti.
According to the draft bill, every rural family in the year 125 days employment Statutory guarantee will be given.
The Centre-State fund sharing ratio will be 60:40, while for North-Eastern states, Himalayan states and regions like Jammu and Kashmir it will be 90:10.
The controversy over MNREGA is no longer limited to changing the name of just one scheme. this issue Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy, rights of the rural poor and government’s development policy Has been connected to. It is clear from Rahul Gandhi’s sharp attacks that this debate will intensify in the coming days.
Now it remains to be seen how the government takes this bill forward amid opposition from the opposition and what impact it has on crores of families in rural India.
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