India, Dec. 18 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that West Bengal's government job guarantee scheme 'Karmashree' will be renamed after Mahatma Gandhi.

"Ashamed that Gandhi's name removed from NREGA scheme; if they can't give respect to Father of Nation, we will," news agency PTI quoted Mamata as saying.

Mamata's remarks and the move to rename Bengal's job guarantee scheme comes after the Lok Sabha passed the passed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or the VB-G RAM G Bill, on Thursday. The VB-G RAM G Bill seeks to replace the UPA-era MGNREGA that guarantees employment in rural areas.

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