New Delhi, Jan. 3 -- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday outlined three key demands of Congress' MGNREGA Bachao Sangram,' stressing that the scheme was "not a charity but a legal guarantee.

Kharge said that Congress demand the central government withdraw the recently enacted Viksit Bharat -- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB--G RAM G) Act, restore MGNREGA as a rights-based law and restore the right to work and Panchayats' authority.

"MGNREGA is not charity. It is a legal guarantee. Crores of poorest people got work in their own villages; MGNREGA reduced hunger and distress migration, raised rural wages, and strengthened women's economic dignity," Kharge said in a post on X.

Kharge further alleged that...