Patna, Dec. 22 -- Accusing the Modi government of dismantling the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Congress leader Rajendra Pal Gautam on Monday alleged that the Centre was imposing additional financial burden on state governments under the guise of the new scheme VB G-RAM--G.

Gautam, national chairman of SC cell of AICC, along with Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram told news persons here at the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters, Sadaqat Ashram that the Centre had replaced MGNREGA with "Viksit Bharat G Ram Gi law," land giving major financial responsibility upon the states.

He said states already facing financial stress would not be able to bear 40 per cent of the expenditure under the new sc...