India, Dec. 22 -- Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said that the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name from the MGNREGA is the "second killing of Mahatma Gandhi". The Congress will continue to protest till the previous rural employment guarantee scheme is restored, he said.

"The party will expose this fraud by going from house by house, village by village, and our struggle will continue until this Act is repealed," he said, addressing a press conference.

The parliament on December 18, passed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G Bill), that seeks to replace the 20-year-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and guarantee 125 days of rural wage employment e...