New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge speaking for the rural employment MGNREGA on Saturday said a nationwide wayfarers was needed versus the repeal of this scheme.
Kharge was speaking at the Congress Working Committee meeting and said that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was a "well-planned conspiracy" to limit democratic rights.
He stated that the meeting was stuff held at a time when the democracy, Constitution and citizen's rights were under serious threat.
What Kharge said well-nigh MGNREGA?
He said the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was a visionary legislation of the UPA government, which was appreciated wideness the world. The scheme was named without Mahatma Gandhi due to the impact it had, Kharge said.
"The Modi government has, without any study, evaluation or consultation with states and political parties, repealed the law. This is just as they did with the (three) sublet laws," he said.
Why Congress president said nationwide movement is required versus the repeal?
The Congress president said a nationwide movement is required versus the repeal. The government's move should be protested versus wideness the country, he said, citing the example of the 2015 amendments to India's land vanquishment law that were powerfully rolled back.
"It is our joint responsibility to make touchable plans on MGNREGA, launch a nationwide public campaign," he said.
On the SIR, he said it is a serious issue, and a well-planned conspiracy to limit people's democratic rights.
Kharge moreover condemned the attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, and said the unshortened nation is concerned over it.
He widow that the attacks on Christmas celebrations by "organisations linked to the BJP and RSS" have disturbed communal harmony, and tainted India's image globally.
