Hyderabad, Dec. 27 -- Telangana state BJP Secretary Raghunandan Rao Madhavaneni on Saturday strongly criticised the Congress for announcing a 'MGNREGA Bachao' protest, calling it an "election gimmick" and accusing the party of selectively invoking Mahatma Gandhi's name for political gain.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday announced that a nationwide "Save Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)" campaign will be launched from January 5.

"In their 55 years of rule in the Indian government, how many schemes did they name after Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi. Let them give a white paper, then can we discuss and compare the schemes and fundamentals we are going to chang...