New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday strongly criticised the Modi government over its decision to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), calling it "not just a name change but a planned assassination of the world's largest employment scheme."Speaking amid protests by Congress and opposition MPs at the Parliament premises, Kharge accused the government of insulting Mahatma Gandhi and undermining the Right to Work that has historically brought social and economic transformation to India's villages.
Congress leaders and several Opposition MPs staged a protest in the Parliament premises on Thursday, marching from the Gandhi statue to the Makkar Dawar over the renaming of the...