Bengaluru, Jan. 13 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday slammed the BJP for allegedly killing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, which guaranteed 100 days of unskilled wage work per financial year to rural households, to enhance livelihood security.

Speaking at a preparatory meeting for the 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram' at Palace Grounds, the State Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC President stated that the new 60:40 fund-sharing pattern between the Centre and the states would impose a significant burden on state governments.

He asserted that the BJP would find it impossible to implement this new project effectively, even in states where they are currently in power.

"Each panchay...