New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit announced on Wednesday that the party will hold a national MGNREGA workers' convention on January 22 in the national capital to protest the changes made by the BJP-led centre government to the earlier rights-based law.

Addressing a press conference here today, Dikshit said the convention will be held on Thursday at Jawahar Bhawan, with around 300-400 MGNREGA workers and activists from 20-25 states.

He said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will attend the programme and directly interact with the workers.

The Congress leader alleged that the changes introduced by the BJP have triggered widespread opposition from MGNREGA worke...