Srinagar, Dec. 22 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee on Sunday held a protest in Srinagar against the introduction of a bill in Parliament "to repeal" Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act popularly known as MGNREGA.

The party said that scores of its leaders and workers led by JKPCC president Tariq Hameed Karra participated in the protest and condemned the BJP government for trying to erase Mahatma Gandhi's name from the Act.

"The event witnessed scuffle between the police and Congress workers as the heavy contingent of police and para military forces deployed at MA Road closed the entry gate of Congress headquarters and pushed back the protesting Congress leaders and workers including Tariq Hameed Karr...