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Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting was organized in Delhi. Many senior leaders including Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, General Secretary KC Venugopal, Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor, Jairam Ramesh, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu participated in it.
In the meeting, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi alleged that the decision to abolish the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) was taken directly by the Prime Minister’s Office. While doing this, Cabinet and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan was not consulted.
Rahul Gandhi said after the CWC meeting, ‘MNREGA was not just a scheme, but it was a rights-based concept. Scrapping the plan is an attack on this concept. Leader of opposition called this decision as disastrous as demonetisation.
Decision taken from PMO: Rahul Gandhi
He alleged that the government’s move is an attack on the federal structure of the country and centralization of power and financial system. This decision has been taken without asking Minister Shivraj and the cabinet. This decision was taken directly by the Prime Minister’s Office. ‘One man show’ going on. Modi does whatever he wants.
What did National President Mallikarjun Kharge say?
Kharge said, ‘MNREGA has changed the face of rural India. This became the world’s largest rural employment program. This stopped the migration. The villages got freedom from famine, hunger and exploitation. This scheme assured Dalits, tribals, women and landless laborers that the government stands with them in the fight against poverty.
He said, ‘We stood firm for the rights of the farmers and in November 2021, the Prime Minister had to withdraw the agricultural laws while apologizing to the farmers. Rahul ji had predicted the return of these black laws long ago. Recently he has also predicted that Modi government will have to reinstate MNREGA. He said, ‘It is our collective responsibility to make a concrete plan on MNREGA and create a nationwide, mass movement. We will win this battle. In this difficult situation, weak people across the country are looking towards Congress.