Gurdaspur, Jan. 9 -- Punjab Congress in-charge Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said the BJP government's decision to dismantle the MGNREGA was not just administrative sabotage, but a direct assault on the poorest of the poor.

He was speaking after the launch of Congress' "MGNREGA Bachao Sangram" in Punjab. The state-wide agitation is part of the Congress' nationwide movement against the scrapping of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and its replacement with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission-Gramin (VB-G RAM G) Act.

Speaking at the Gurdaspur rally, alongside top Congress leaders, Baghel said the campaign marked the beginning of a decisive people's movement to protect the rights and ...