Bengaluru, Jan. 3 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched a scathing attack on the Union government for introducing the Viksit Bharat -- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB--G RAM G) Act, alleging that by repealing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Centre has "killed Mahatma Gandhi for the second time."

"Mahatma Gandhi was killed by Godse the first time. This government is killing him for the second time. They should not have this much vengeance," Siddaramaiah said while addressing an event in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Chief Minister said that MGNREGA, introduced during the tenure of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was rooted in the directive principles of the Const...