Bengaluru, Dec. 25 -- The state government is preparing a coordinated political and legal challenge to the Centre's Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G) law, meant as an overhaul of the the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), officials said on Wednesday.

State rural development and panchayati raj minister Priyank Kharge told reporters on Wednesday that a nationwide collective effort would be launched to oppose the law, which he said struck at the core of social justice. In a post on X, Kharge said the department of rural development and panchayat raj on Tuesday convened a roundtable discussion in New Delhi, involving more than 80 participants from across the country.

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