New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- A day after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju slammed the opposition for the uproar during President Droupadi Murmu's Budget session address, Congress on Thursday said that the party will raise the MNREGA issue during the budget session which began on Wednesday with an address by President Droupadi Murmu to a joint sitting of both houses of Parliamet.

Congress MP Imran Masood criticised the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, the Central government's new rural job scheme, and accused the government of "breaking the backs of the poor".

"They are talking about something that makes no sense. We have our MNREGA agenda. You (government) have broken the backs of th...