Hyderabad, Jan. 24 -- The Hyderabad District Congress Committee (DCC) on Saturday, January 24, launched the MGNREGA Bachao Sangram Yatra, a three-day protest march aimed at opposing the alleged dilution of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by the Centre.

The yatra began at Charminar and proceeded to Puranapul, with another leg of the march held from Singareni Colony in Yakutpura to Santosh Nagar X Roads.

The campaign is part of the Indian National Congress party's nationwide movement to defend the constitutional Right to Work and resist changes that it claims threaten the very spirit of MGNREGA. Senior Congress leaders, including All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretary Sachin Sawant and former Te...