Cong to launch nationwide 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram' from Jan 10-Feb 25 against G RAM G Act
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Saturday announced a nationwide 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram' from January 10 to February 25 to demand the withdrawal of the VB G-RAM-G Act, and restoration of MGNREGA as a rights-based law, the right to work, and the authority of panchayats.
Addressing a joint press conference, Congress general secretaries K C Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh said through the new VBG RAM G Act, the Centre has ensured complete centralisation as “employment will no longer be a right under the new Act”, which will be challenged in court.
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On whether the states ruled by the INDIA bloc constituents would not implement the new Act or oppose it, Venugopal said the Congress would hold consultations with all the alliance partners on the way forward.
The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Bill, or VB-G RAM G, was passed with a voice vote amid protests in the Rajya Sabha on December 18, hours after the Lok Sabha cleared it.
On December 21, President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Bill, making it an Act, which seeks to replace the rural employment law, MGNREGA, guaranteeing 125 days of wage employment per rural household every financial year.
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Assault of DCC Bank workers’ union head in Athani: FIR against Cong MLA Laxman Savadi, son Chidanand
Belagavi: Athani Police have registered an FIR against eight people, including Congress legislator Laxman Savadi and his son Chidananda Savadi, under charge of having assaulted Ningappa Karennavar, President of the Belagavi District Central Cooperative (BDCC) Bank Workers’ Union.
An injured Karennavar, reportedly filed a complaint with Athani Police while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Belagavi. He has stated that the accused had called him to their house and verbally and physically abused him. He has added that Savadi slapped him on the face and his son Chidananda hit him on the waist. As he fell down due to the force of the assault, seven to eight more people attacked him.
The union leader has told the police that he was also threatened by the accused on the occasion.
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An FIR has been registered by Athani Police under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) Act Sections 189(2), 191(2), 115(2), 351(2), 352 and 190.
The officers are investigating the incident.
