Ranchi, Jan. 15 -- Congress party leaders and workers marked Makar Sankranti by flying kites bearing political slogans such as "NO SIR" and "SAVE MGNREGA", taking a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government on Makar Sankranti.

"The slogans 'NO SIR' and 'SAVE MGNREGA' written on the 'Rahul kites' flying in the sky made it clear that the Congress is not in the mood to compromise on the rights of the poor, labourers and rural India," party state general secretary Alok Kumar Dubey said in a press statement.

"MGNREGA is a guarantee of employment for the poor of the country, but the BJP government is conspiring to gradually dismantle it. Today, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, through the 'Rahul kite', we have given a ...