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Punjab Chief Minister Mann Criticizes Center’s VB-G RAM G Scheme, Calls MGNREGA Changes an Attack on the Poor

Punjab Chief Minister Mann Criticizes Center’s VB-G RAM G Scheme, Calls MGNREGA Changes an Attack on the Poor

Chandigarh, December 22, 2025: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann strongly criticized the central government’s decision to replace MGNREGA with the VB-G RAM G (Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin) scheme on Thursday. The Chief Minister called it a direct attack on the livelihood of the poor, saying the BJP government is removing Mahatma Gandhi’s name and destroying the core spirit of the scheme. Mann announced that the state government will call a special session of the Punjab Assembly in the second week of January to raise the voice of Punjabis on this issue. This decision was made…
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Sonia Gandhi Accuses Centre of ‘Bulldozing’ MGNREGA, Calls New Law a ‘Black Act’

Sonia Gandhi Accuses Centre of ‘Bulldozing’ MGNREGA, Calls New Law a ‘Black Act’

New Delhi, December 20, 2025: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Modi government, accusing it of dismantling the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and vowing that the Congress would resist what she described as a “black law” through lakhs of party workers across the country.In a video message, Gandhi alleged that the weakening of MGNREGA amounted to an assault on the interests of crores of farmers, labourers and landless people, particularly in rural India. She claimed that the Centre had consistently ignored the concerns of the rural poor over…
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