Mysore/Mysuru, Feb. 2 -- Demanding restoration of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme and strongly opposing the newly introduced Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) - VB-G RAM G - rural employment scheme, which has replaced MGNREGA, the City and District Congress staged an overnight dharna in Town Hall premises in the heart of the city yesterday, that ended at 7 am today.

Addressing the protesters, KPCC Vice-President and former MP V.S. Ugrappa said, the Congress-headed UPA Government with Dr. Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister introduced MGNREGA in 2005 in order to provide employment to the rural masses. "But now, PM Modi-led NDA Government has not only replaced the sche...