Belagavi, Dec. 17 -- In a heated confrontation over the central government's decision to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Karnataka Congress leaders have accused the BJP of undermining both history and democracy.
At the heart of the controversy, they say, lies a longstanding ideological opposition: the RSS and BJP have historically harbored resentment towards Mahatma Gandhi, and this latest move is a continuation of that pattern.
Karnataka Minister Ramalinga Reddy did not mince words. "They can introduce another scheme, which we will welcome, but why change this name? Who killed Mahatma Gandhi? Since the beginning, the BJP, RSS, and VHP have been misleading people," he said, linking the renaming...