Bengaluru, Dec. 24 -- Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) founder HD Deve Gowda on Wednesday criticised Congress for protesting against the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act.

He said Congress has forgotten Mahatma Gandhi and that he wasn't concerned about Congress protesting the replacement of MGNREGA.

"I am not bothered about Congress. Congress has forgotten Mahatma Gandhi. When Indira Gandhi came to power, they did not use Mahatma Gandhi's name to fight the election anywhere," Gowda told ANI.

He welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to increase the number of working days th...