Ludhiana/Jalandhar, Dec. 30 -- The Punjab Congress has announced a statewide stir 'Save MGNREGA', beginning from Gurdaspur on January 8. The decision was announced by Punjab state unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring at a press conference here on Monday.

Warring said the agitation would be rolled out in phases, starting with press conferences across Punjab, followed by a mass mobilisation to oppose what he termed the Centre's move to dismantle a 'lifeline for rural India.'

He said the Congress had already taken up the issue at the national level and that the Congress Working Committee (CWC) had held a special meeting to chart out a nationwide campaign against the BJP-led Union government's move to replace MGNREGA.

"This move mirrors...