India, April 17 -- Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government for oppressing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) workers and backed the recommendation for a fixed Rs.400 wage per manday along with 150 days of work annually per household.

In a post on X, he cited a parliamentary committee's recommendation for increasing the daily wage of MGNREGA workers to Rs.400. He said the former rural development secretary Amarjeet Sinha-led high-level committee also suggested increasing wages and the MGNREGA budget.

Kharge, who highlighted that Congress introduced MGNREGA for the poorest families, called Modi "anti-poor". He referred to the removal of workers re...