India, Dec. 15 -- Amid sharp Opposition criticism of the Centre's proposed overhaul of MGNREGA, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that the controversy after the renaming was 'unfortunate'.

Responding to the controversy over the proposed Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, Tharoor said it was the framing of the issue, rather than the renaming itself, that was problematic.

In a post on X, he described the controversy as "unfortunate" and argued that the concepts being invoked were never in conflict with Mahatma Gandhi's thought.

"The concept of Gram Swaraj and the ideal of Ram Rajya were never competing forces; they were the twin pillars of Gandhiji's consciousness," Tharo...