RANCHI, Jan. 6 -- The Jharkhand unit of the Congress party on Monday marched from Bapu Vatika to Lok Bhavan to protest against the new rural job guarantee law, the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-GRAMG), launching a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Union government over the move.

State party president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh led the march, which was also attended by state Congress in-charge K. Raju and co-in-charges Siribela Prasad, Bhupendra Maravi, and Pranav Jha.

Protesting against the law, Raju said that, unlike the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or the MNREGA, which provided economic security to poor families and was considered a strong foundation fo...