Chennai, Dec. 21 -- Congress MP and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram alleged that the new Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) bill has serious flaws and asserted that MGNREGA is no longer an employment guarantee scheme, as it cannot be implemented for more than 60 days in a year.

Addressing a press conference at Chennai's Satyamurthy Bhavan, P Chidambaram claimed that by removing Mahatma Gandhi's name from the bill, he has been "killed for the second time." He also criticised the nomenclature of the legislation, alleging that it is neither proper English nor Indian, but merely Hindi words written in English letters, which even ministers find difficult to understand.

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