India, Jan. 31 -- The Union Government is continuously attacking the poor and undermining their statutory right to employment, the Congress's Delhi unit said Friday at a protest against the removal of the MGNREGA scheme.

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh, who attended the "MGNREGA Bachao Sangram Yatra" event, said the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) gave legal right to employment benefiting lakhs of families, but the Centre was "eroding" these provisions. The VB-G RAM G scheme dilutes the UPA-era MGNREGA's original spirit, Jairam Ramesh said.

Addressing the protest at the AICC office, Akbar Road, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Devender Yadav said the Government's actions signall...