Ahmedabad, Jan. 14 -- Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan defended the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme with Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act.

During his visit to Gujarat, the agriculture minister alleged irregularities in the implementation of the MGNREGA law, noting that under this law, work was done by machines and contractors instead of labour, and claimed that the new VB-G RAM G Act would stop these irregularities.

The Union Minister further described MGNREGA as an 'ocean of corruption' and said it will no longer be implemented, declaring that the public will no longer listen to the Congress...