New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- A row erupted in the Parliament on Tuesday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government sought to introduce a bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), drawing objections from the opposition parties over the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name and the intent behind the proposed changes. The controversy in the Lok Sabha began when Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan sought the House's permission to introduce the Viksit Bharat Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB G-RAM-G) Bill, 2025, which aims to replace MGNREGA. Leading the Opposition's attack, Congress leader and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi said the bill reflected "personal ambition, obsession and prejudice" rather than public interest. "Mahatma Gandhi is not from my family, but he is like a member of it, and the entire country feels the same way. Such bills which are inspired by someone's personal ambition, obsession and prejudice should neither be presented nor be passed," she said. The bill proposes a guarantee of employment for 125 days in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work. This is higher than the existing MGNREGA, which guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a financial year. Responding to the Opposition's protests, several MPs gathered in the well of the House holding placards, while Chouhan defended the bill invoking Mahatma Gandhi and the idea of Ram Rajya. "This bill is according to Mahatma Gandhi, and it is for the establishment of Ram Rajya," he said, adding that Gandhi spoke of Ram Rajya and that his last words were "Hey Ram." "Mahatma Gandhi is in our every breath. don't know why Opposition is miffed with G-RAM-G," he said....