Bengaluru, Feb. 24 -- Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday urged people in Karnataka to support the Congress party's nationwide agitation seeking restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, saying that its discontinuation and replacement with the Viksit Bharat- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G-RAM-G) had deprived millions of their livelihood and weakened local self-governance.

Speaking at the "MGNREGA Bachao" protest in Chikkaballapur on Monday, Siddaramaiah said, "The VB-G- RAM-G law is snatching away the employment rights of rural people. Until this law is repealed and MGNREGA is restored, people of the state must support the struggle launched by the Congress across the country."...