DMK claims 'G Ram G' scheme itself may be scrapped any time by citing 'some data'
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK on Saturday hit out at the BJP-led Centre over the new VB-G RAM G Bill and said removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name alone was not the issue.
The new Bill has no guarantee for work for a total of 125 days and it has all features to facilitate halting the scheme itself at any time.
DMK mouthpiece 'Murasoli' said removal of Gandhi's name for the job guarantee scheme alone was not the issue; but the very objective of that scheme has been defeated and this was the core issue.
In the overall matter of deletion of Gandhi's name, other issues have been buried. Dropping Gandhiji's name was not going to affect his image in any manner and the removal of his name has only made people remember and talk about him more and more, Murasoli said in its editorial of December 20, 2025.
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The ruling party listed 10 reasons for opposing the "G Ram G" rural employment guarantee Bill and rejected that name as pretty difficult to even pronounce.
The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G Bill, assuring 125 days of guaranteed jobs for rural India, has been adopted by both Houses of the Parliament.
The DMK said the cost-sharing ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and states is "loot" of state's funds. "Though they claim providing work for 125 days, it will not happen for sure."
The Dravidian Tamil daily cited the provision tasking the state governments to notify in advance, a period aggregating to sixty days in a financial year, covering the peak agricultural seasons of sowing and harvesting. During this period, works under the VB-G RAM G Act shall not be undertaken and this feature will affect those not involved in farm work. Also, the beneficiaries are set to be enlisted using the Centre's Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and this will directly affect states like Tamil Nadu that are fighting to eliminate poverty.
The new scheme itself could be "stopped" by claiming that poverty has been eliminated by citing "some data". As per the previous law, getting job was the people's right and now, as per the new Bill, jobs will be provided if available.
The new initiative goes against federalism, state autonomy as a provision enables the Centre to decide jobs for each state. Such a clause would lead the way for "betraying" non-BJP ruled states. Unlike the previous legislation, there is no scope for providing compensation if work could not be provided. There is no guarantee that that jobs would be provided for 125 days. "This new Bill has all features to facilitate halting the scheme at any time."
Targeting AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami, the DMK daily hit out at him for merely issuing a statement to reinstate the Father of the Nation's name for the employment guarantee scheme. "Does Palaniswami accept all other changes to the scheme?
Further, the DMK daily alleged that Palaniswami was repeating his gimmick of deceiving the people, which the nation witnessed in the issues of CAA, and the 3 farms laws (repealed later). The former CM had said that the minorities will not be affected by the CAA and that the farmers will actually be benefited by the farm laws.
Parliament on Thursday passed the VB-G RAM G Bill, that seeks to replace the 20-year-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and guarantee 125 days of rural wage employment every year.
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Gurugram Police arrest BJP Yuva Morcha member for spreading fake murder story on social media
New Delhi: Gurugram Police have arrested BJP Yuva Morcha member Hariom Mishra, for allegedly spreading a fabricated and communally sensitive story on social media about the murder of a college student in Gurugram.
Mishra who is also known as Shaurya Mishra had shared a collage of four photographs on his X handle earlier this month. He claimed that a 24-year-old college student, identified as Nikita Agarwal, had been murdered by her classmate Arif Khan in Gurugram. In the post, he alleged that the woman was blackmailed, forced into prostitution, gangraped, and eventually killed. He also claimed that Arif dumped her body in a forest. The claims were presented as being based on police sources.
The post went viral and garnering over 1.5 lakh views, and was amplified by several right-wing social media handles across X, Facebook and Instagram. A verification of the claims revealed that no such incident had taken place in Gurugram. A search of credible news reports showed no record of any such murder. The police said this news would have inevitably attracted media attention if it were true.
On December 11, Gurugram Police publicly refuted the claims through their official X handle. They stated that the information which was being circulated was completely false. The police warned that legal action would be taken against those spreading misinformation. Despite the warning, Mishra neither deleted the post nor issued any clarification.
Police in Gurugram confirmed Mishra's arrest on December 16. The police said a FIR was filed after he continued to spread false information about the alleged murder of a Hindu woman by Muslim man. Police said Mishra, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district, is now being investigated.
Gurugram Police spokesperson Sandeep Singh told The Print that the accused had deliberately misrepresented facts and used objectionable content to spread hatred along religious lines. “Such posts can create serious disturbances in society, and the police take these matters very seriously,” he said.
A reverse image search conducted by fact-checkers at Alt News, revealed that the photographs used in the viral post were unrelated to the claims, while two of the images were traced to a Pinterest account belonging to influencer Maulik Chopra and another image was sourced from an Instagram post by influencer Shivam Thakur featuring a woman named Deepanshi Rawat. The fourth image was found on an unrelated Instagram page. The images depicted different individuals and had no connection to any crime.
Police said they are also investigating Mishra’s motive behind sharing the false and provocative content.
