Chandigarh, Dec. 31 -- The Punjab assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution seeking a recall of the new rural employment law Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G), accusing the BJP-led central government of 'taking away' the livelihoods of the poor and Dalit labourers under a 'deliberate conspiracy'.

Seeking restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to its original right-based form, the ruling AAP leaders called the Centre's move "an attack on the federal structure". Punjab is the first state in the country to hold a special session and pass a resolution against the new law.

Rural development and panchayat minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond tabled the ...