New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- Andhra Pradesh Congress president YS Sharmila Reddy on Tuesday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in centre of distorting the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by replacing it with the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G Act, 2025.

She said that Congress was planning "something big" as part of the ongoing massive agitation to 'Save MGNREGA', for which the state unit plans to invite Leader of Opposition (LoP) Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.

"February 2, 2026, marks 20 years of the MGNREGA scheme. Exactly 20 years ago, under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, and Rajasekhara Reddy, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, th...