India, Dec. 18 -- Congress leader and deputy chief minister of Karnataka DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that no one can change the name of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA).

The Opposition staged a protest from the Gandhi statue to the Makkar Dawar in the Parliament premises over the renaming of the MNREGA programme to Viksit Bharat-G RAM G (Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission-Gramin).

The protest comes as Lok Sabha on Thursday cleared the VB-G Ram G Bill.

"If you have guts, you remove Mahatma Gandhi's photo from the currency note..You can't do it," Shivakumar said.

Several Congress MPs strongly objected to the renaming of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ...