Vijayawada, Nov. 24 -- YSRCP leader and former Minister Merugu Nagarjuna on Monday strongly condemned the Chandrababu Naidu-led coalition government for snatching the livelihoods of the MGNREGA workers in Andhra Pradesh by deleting job cards on a massive scale.
Addressing the media at the YSRCP central office inTadepalli, here, he flayed that the government was using the welfarescheme, meant to prevent migration, into a weapon of political vendetta.
"Since April, 18.63 lakh job cards have been removed in Andhra Pradesh, while the nationwide total stands at 22 lakh, exposing thestate government's targeted assault on the poor. Shockingly, nearly 16 lakh jobcards were deleted in just the last 40 days," he mentioned.
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