US EditionKharge Urges National Protest Against MGNREGA Repeal
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge calls for protests against MGNREGA repeal, linking it to farm laws repeal and warning of threats to democracy and citizens' rights.
- On Saturday, December 27, 2025, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged a nationwide campaign to oppose the repeal of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, calling for concrete plans and protests.
- Describing MGNREGA as a visionary UPA-era law appreciated globally, Kharge criticized the Modi government for repealing it without study or consultation, likening it to the three farm laws.
- In New Delhi, the extended CWC meeting included Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh, and Presidents of Pradesh Congress Committees.
- Kharge also warned that the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls is a `well-planned conspiracy` to limit democratic rights and condemned attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh and Christmas celebrations by `organisations linked to the BJP and RSS`.
- With next year's Assembly polls looming, the meeting comes ahead of next year's Assembly polls in Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, with coverage noting a bill said to weaken MGNREGA.
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