Lucknow, Feb. 17 -- Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Tuesday said that the Congress should compare the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to the VB-G-RAM-G Bill, underlining that wages were not paid timely in MGNREGA, however, there is a provision of timely wage distribution in the new Bill.

Speaking to ANI, Rajbhar said that if the wages are not paid to the workers within a week under the new VB-G-RAM-G Bill, there is a provision of paid interest that will be given to the workers.

"This is democracy. Anyone can protest within the framework of the law; there is no problem... They should first compare MGNREGA and the VB-G-RAM G Bill. In MGNREGA, wages were not paid on time, whereas the VB-G-RAM-G...