New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- The Congress on Saturday announced a 45-day nationwide agitation, titled "MGNREGA Bachao Sangram," to pressure the government into restoring the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intensified its outreach to counter criticism of VB-G RAM G (Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission) -- the new legislation that replaced the rural jobs scheme. The campaigns come ahead of assembly polls in four states and one Union Territory, with both national parties aiming to mobilise voters at the grassroots level. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal and communication chief Jairam Ramesh announced on Saturday that the "MGNREGA Bachao Sangram" will ...