Rahul Gandhi vows pan-India protest against G RAM G Bill, terms it ‘anti-village by design’

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Friday vowed to launch a nationwide stir against the viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB- G RAM G) bill, which he claimed was bulldozed through the Parliament without adequate scrutiny and debate.

A day ago, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge pledged to undertake a pan-India protest against the Centre’s “dictatorial approach” to push through the G RAM G bill, for replacing MGNREGA.

Rahul Gandhi described MGNREGA as the most successful poverty alleviation programmeand said that he and his party will not let the Modi government destroy the rural poor’s last line of defence.

“We will stand with workers, panchayats, and states to defeat this move and build a nationwide front to ensure this law is withdrawn, ” he said in a hard-hitting post.