Nagarkurnool, Feb. 2 -- Senior Congress leaders on Monday visited Budda Thanda in Achampet mandal and Chenchugudem village in Balmoor mandal and held a direct interaction programme with workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA).
During the Budda Thanda-Chenchugudem village meeting, a resolution was unanimously passed opposing attempts to change the name of the MNREGA and its alleged misuse. The participants expressed concern that any dilution of the Act would adversely affect the livelihoods of rural poor and wage workers.
Addressing a press conference on the occasion, AICC General Secretary and Telangana Congress affairs in-charge Ms Meenakshi Natarajan voiced serious concern over efforts to weaken...