Kolkata, Dec. 27 -- AICC National Media Coordinator-West Bengal Mahima Singh on Saturday said that MGNREGA is not just a scheme which can be bulldozed in the shortest winter session of the Parliament.

Speaking to ANI in Kolkata, she said, "MGNREGA is not just a scheme which can be bulldozed in the shortest winter session of the Parliament, it is the soul of the poor labourers of the nation...Now the funding ratio has been increased to a 60:40 split between the Centre and states...We will be launching an agitation against the VB-G RAM G scheme."

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the campaign would be launched in response to what he termed the Centre's attempt to weaken a landmark welfare law that guarantees employment to rural h...