Shimla, Dec. 29 -- Top Congress leadership in Himachal Pradesh, led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Monday staged a dharna at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the historic Ridge Maidan in Shimla against what they termed the Union Government's move to abolish the MGNREGA scheme and replace it with the proposed G-RMG Act.

The entire state Cabinet joined the protest, including Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee president Vinay Kumar, ministers, MLAs, and senior Congress leaders. The leaders sat in silent protest, holding placards to register their opposition to the proposed changes to the rural employment guarantee programme.

Speaking to reporters after the protest, Chief Minister Sukhvi...