New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday vehemently criticized the newly enacted Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, calling it a "mere slogan" and "an assault on the rights of the poor."Speaking at the National MGNREGA Workers' Convention in New Delhi, Gandhi equated the replacement of the UPA-era Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the disruptive demonetisation, warning of severe negative consequences for rural India.
Gandhi condemned the VB-G RAM G Act as an "anti-village design" that undermines the original MGNREGA's rights-based, demand-driven framework. He emphasized that the new law's imposition o...